Cyclone Habana (2021)

Cyclone Habana reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 2, 2021 and March 17, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 928 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Habana, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2021 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: South Indian
Dates: March 2, 2021 to March 17, 2021
Peak strength: Category 4, 135 kt (155 mph)
Lowest pressure: 928 mb (27.40 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 962 km (598 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 42.2
Identifier: SH242021

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Mar 2, 18:00	14.1S 64.2E	15 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Mar 3, 00:00	13.1S 63.1E	15 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Mar 3, 06:00	14.8S 65.1E	15 kt	1007 mb	Disturbance
Mar 3, 12:00	15.1S 65.6E	20 kt	1010 mb	Disturbance
Mar 3, 18:00	15.4S 67.5E	25 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 4, 00:00	15.6S 69.1E	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 4, 06:00	15.8S 71.0E	35 kt	1002 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 4, 12:00	16.4S 72.5E	35 kt	1001 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 4, 18:00	16.6S 73.5E	45 kt	997 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 5, 00:00	16.6S 74.5E	50 kt	994 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 5, 06:00	16.4S 75.5E	90 kt	972 mb	Typhoon
Mar 5, 12:00	16.3S 76.4E	115 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Mar 5, 18:00	16.1S 77.2E	120 kt	945 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 00:00	16.1S 77.6E	120 kt	941 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 06:00	16.1S 78.0E	125 kt	935 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 12:00	16.3S 78.3E	125 kt	936 mb	Typhoon
Mar 6, 18:00	16.5S 78.7E	120 kt	942 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 00:00	16.7S 79.1E	115 kt	945 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 06:00	16.9S 79.7E	105 kt	954 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 12:00	17.1S 80.1E	95 kt	964 mb	Typhoon
Mar 7, 18:00	17.5S 80.6E	90 kt	968 mb	Typhoon
Mar 8, 00:00	17.9S 80.9E	80 kt	976 mb	Typhoon
Mar 8, 06:00	18.3S 81.0E	80 kt	975 mb	Typhoon
Mar 8, 12:00	18.4S 80.8E	70 kt	982 mb	Typhoon
Mar 8, 18:00	18.5S 80.6E	70 kt	984 mb	Typhoon
Mar 9, 00:00	18.5S 80.1E	70 kt	983 mb	Typhoon
Mar 9, 06:00	18.4S 79.6E	75 kt	981 mb	Typhoon
Mar 9, 12:00	18.3S 78.9E	75 kt	981 mb	Typhoon
Mar 9, 18:00	17.9S 78.2E	85 kt	975 mb	Typhoon
Mar 10, 00:00	17.7S 77.4E	100 kt	961 mb	Typhoon
Mar 10, 06:00	17.6S 76.8E	115 kt	948 mb	Typhoon
Mar 10, 12:00	17.4S 76.0E	135 kt	928 mb	Super typhoon
Mar 10, 18:00	17.4S 75.5E	125 kt	938 mb	Typhoon
Mar 11, 00:00	17.4S 74.9E	125 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Mar 11, 06:00	17.5S 74.4E	120 kt	942 mb	Typhoon
Mar 11, 12:00	17.9S 73.7E	125 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Mar 11, 18:00	18.1S 73.1E	125 kt	937 mb	Typhoon
Mar 12, 00:00	18.4S 72.3E	135 kt	928 mb	Super typhoon
Mar 12, 06:00	18.9S 71.7E	125 kt	938 mb	Typhoon
Mar 12, 12:00	19.3S 71.2E	115 kt	945 mb	Typhoon
Mar 12, 18:00	19.9S 70.9E	110 kt	952 mb	Typhoon
Mar 13, 00:00	20.2S 70.6E	100 kt	959 mb	Typhoon
Mar 13, 06:00	20.7S 70.2E	90 kt	966 mb	Typhoon
Mar 13, 12:00	21.2S 69.9E	80 kt	973 mb	Typhoon
Mar 13, 18:00	21.4S 70.0E	75 kt	978 mb	Typhoon
Mar 14, 00:00	21.9S 70.3E	75 kt	977 mb	Typhoon
Mar 14, 06:00	22.0S 70.5E	65 kt	983 mb	Typhoon
Mar 14, 12:00	22.1S 70.7E	60 kt	986 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 14, 18:00	22.2S 71.1E	55 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 15, 00:00	22.3S 71.5E	45 kt	993 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 15, 06:00	22.5S 71.4E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 15, 12:00	22.2S 71.4E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
Mar 15, 18:00	22.1S 71.5E	30 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 16, 00:00	22.5S 70.9E	30 kt	1002 mb	Tropical depression
Mar 16, 06:00	22.6S 70.5E	25 kt	1003 mb	Subtropical depression
Mar 16, 12:00	22.9S 70.2E	25 kt	1003 mb	Subtropical depression
Mar 16, 18:00	23.0S 70.1E	25 kt	1002 mb	Subtropical depression
Mar 17, 00:00	23.5S 70.1E	25 kt	1004 mb	Subtropical depression
Mar 17, 06:00	23.6S 70.0E	25 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance
Mar 17, 12:00	22.3S 69.6E	25 kt	1004 mb	Disturbance

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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.