Cyclone Tauktae (2021)
Cyclone Tauktae reached Category 4 in the North Indian between May 13, 2021 and May 19, 2021, with a lowest pressure of 931 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- North Indian
- Dates
- May 13, 2021 to May 19, 2021
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 931 mb (27.49 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.6
- Identifier
- IO012021
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 13, 06:00 | 10.0N 70.9E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| May 13, 12:00 | 10.2N 71.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 13, 18:00 | 10.5N 71.5E | 25 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 00:00 | 10.9N 71.8E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 14, 06:00 | 11.3N 72.1E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 12:00 | 11.8N 72.5E | 40 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 14, 18:00 | 12.3N 72.9E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 00:00 | 12.9N 73.2E | 50 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 06:00 | 13.4N 73.4E | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 15, 12:00 | 13.9N 73.2E | 65 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| May 15, 18:00 | 14.4N 73.0E | 70 kt | 975 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 00:00 | 15.0N 72.8E | 80 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 06:00 | 15.9N 72.9E | 90 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 12:00 | 16.8N 72.5E | 100 kt | 952 mb | Typhoon |
| May 16, 18:00 | 17.8N 72.0E | 115 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 00:00 | 18.3N 71.8E | 120 kt | 931 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 06:00 | 19.3N 71.6E | 120 kt | 934 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 12:00 | 20.0N 71.4E | 100 kt | 949 mb | Typhoon |
| May 17, 18:00 | 20.9N 71.3E | 110 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 00:00 | 21.4N 71.2E | 90 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 06:00 | 22.1N 71.6E | 70 kt | 972 mb | Typhoon |
| May 18, 12:00 | 23.2N 71.9E | 55 kt | 984 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 18, 18:00 | 24.2N 73.2E | 45 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| May 19, 00:00 | 25.0N 74.3E | 30 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| May 19, 06:00 | 25.8N 74.8E | 20 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Indian storms of 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Cyclone YaasNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Cyclone Gulab:Shaheen-GuNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2021
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2021
- Tropical Storm JawadNorth Indian · 2021
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.