Cyclone Nisarga (2020)
Cyclone Nisarga reached Category 2 in the North Indian between May 31, 2020 and June 4, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 968 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Nisarga, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 31, 2020 to June 4, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 968 mb (28.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 20 nmi (37 km, 23 mi)
- Overall size
- 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- IO022020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 18:00 | 12.9N 72.2E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 1, 00:00 | 13.0N 71.7E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Jun 1, 06:00 | 13.2N 71.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 1, 12:00 | 13.8N 71.1E | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 1, 18:00 | 14.4N 71.2E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jun 2, 00:00 | 15.0N 71.3E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 06:00 | 15.7N 71.3E | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 12:00 | 16.3N 71.4E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 2, 18:00 | 16.7N 71.7E | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 3, 00:00 | 17.3N 72.2E | 75 kt | 974 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 06:00 | 18.0N 72.9E | 85 kt | 968 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 12:00 | 19.1N 73.7E | 70 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Jun 3, 18:00 | 20.1N 74.5E | 50 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 4, 00:00 | 21.2N 76.0E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jun 4, 06:00 | 22.5N 77.5E | 20 kt | 1002 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Indian storms of 2020
- Cyclone AmphanNorth Indian · 2020 · 106 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone GatiNorth Indian · 2020 · 9 deaths
- Cyclone NivarNorth Indian · 2020
- Tropical Storm BureviNorth Indian · 2020
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.