Cyclone Nivar (2020)
Cyclone Nivar reached Category 1 in the North Indian between November 22, 2020 and November 27, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 982 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Nivar, 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
- November 22, 2020 to November 27, 2020
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb (29.00 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 125 nmi (232 km, 144 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)
- Overall size
- 220 nmi (407 km, 253 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 9 kt (10 mph)
- Identifier
- IO042020
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 06:00 | 7.8N 86.1E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 22, 12:00 | 8.5N 85.6E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 22, 18:00 | 9.0N 85.1E | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 23, 00:00 | 9.3N 84.6E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 23, 06:00 | 9.6N 83.9E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 23, 12:00 | 9.9N 83.7E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 23, 18:00 | 9.9N 83.6E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 00:00 | 9.7N 83.4E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 06:00 | 9.6N 83.2E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 12:00 | 9.9N 83.0E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 24, 18:00 | 10.2N 82.8E | 50 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 00:00 | 10.7N 82.4E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 06:00 | 11.2N 81.5E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 25, 12:00 | 11.6N 81.1E | 70 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Nov 25, 18:00 | 12.1N 80.6E | 60 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 00:00 | 12.6N 80.2E | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 06:00 | 13.1N 79.9E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 12:00 | 13.4N 80.1E | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 26, 18:00 | 13.7N 80.5E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 27, 00:00 | 14.0N 80.7E | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 27, 06:00 | 14.4N 80.5E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 27, 12:00 | 15.0N 80.1E | 20 kt | 1009 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Indian storms of 2020
- Cyclone AmphanNorth Indian · 2020 · 106 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone NisargaNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2020
- Cyclone GatiNorth Indian · 2020 · 9 deaths
- 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.