The 2022 season

Cyclone Batsirai (2022)

Cyclone Batsirai reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 24, 2022 and February 10, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 932 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Batsirai, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2022 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
January 24, 2022 to February 10, 2022
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
932 mb (27.52 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
34.0
Identifier
SH082022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jan 24, 00:009.4S 89.7E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jan 24, 06:009.7S 89.5E20 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Jan 24, 12:0010.0S 89.6E22 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0010.3S 89.9E23 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0010.9S 90.4ETropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0011.4S 90.6E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Jan 25, 12:0012.1S 91.0E20 kt1003 mbDisturbance
Jan 25, 18:0013.4S 90.5E25 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 00:0014.1S 89.4E30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 06:0014.6S 87.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 12:0014.9S 86.8E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 26, 18:0015.6S 84.9E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Jan 27, 00:0016.1S 83.4E40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0016.8S 81.8E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0017.9S 79.7E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jan 27, 18:0018.4S 77.8E65 kt987 mbTyphoon
Jan 28, 00:0018.9S 76.0E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0018.6S 74.5E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0018.4S 73.4E50 kt995 mbTropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0018.3S 72.5E55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0018.3S 71.6E55 kt992 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0018.1S 70.6E55 kt991 mbTropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0017.9S 69.8E75 kt979 mbTyphoon
Jan 29, 18:0017.8S 69.1E80 kt975 mbTyphoon
Jan 30, 00:0017.5S 68.1E90 kt964 mbTyphoon
Jan 30, 06:0017.1S 67.1E95 kt960 mbTyphoon
Jan 30, 12:0016.6S 65.9E95 kt961 mbTyphoon
Jan 30, 18:0016.5S 65.3E90 kt965 mbTyphoon
Jan 31, 00:0016.3S 64.5E90 kt966 mbTyphoon
Jan 31, 06:0015.9S 63.8E85 kt970 mbTyphoon
Jan 31, 12:0015.8S 63.2E75 kt977 mbTyphoon
Jan 31, 18:0016.0S 62.8E65 kt982 mbTyphoon
Feb 1, 00:0016.4S 62.2E65 kt981 mbTyphoon
Feb 1, 06:0016.8S 61.0E70 kt979 mbTyphoon
Feb 1, 12:0017.1S 60.0E80 kt972 mbTyphoon
Feb 1, 18:0017.5S 59.1E90 kt969 mbTyphoon
Feb 2, 00:0018.1S 58.3E105 kt954 mbTyphoon
Feb 2, 06:0018.6S 57.6E120 kt938 mbTyphoon
Feb 2, 12:0018.8S 56.7E125 kt932 mbTyphoon
Feb 2, 18:0018.9S 56.1E120 kt936 mbTyphoon
Feb 3, 00:0019.0S 55.7E115 kt940 mbTyphoon
Feb 3, 06:0019.1S 55.3E110 kt946 mbTyphoon
Feb 3, 12:0019.2S 55.0E110 kt946 mbTyphoon
Feb 3, 18:0019.3S 54.5E105 kt949 mbTyphoon
Feb 4, 00:0019.3S 53.8E110 kt945 mbTyphoon
Feb 4, 06:0019.4S 53.1E115 kt941 mbTyphoon
Feb 4, 12:0019.4S 52.5E115 kt941 mbTyphoon
Feb 4, 18:0019.6S 52.0E115 kt941 mbTyphoon
Feb 5, 00:0019.9S 51.3E105 kt949 mbTyphoon
Feb 5, 06:0020.3S 50.5E100 kt953 mbTyphoon
Feb 5, 12:0020.8S 49.4E100 kt953 mbTyphoon
Feb 5, 18:0021.0S 48.3E90 kt961 mbTyphoon
Feb 6, 00:0021.5S 46.6E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 06:0022.2S 45.2E45 kt988 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 12:0022.7S 44.2E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 6, 18:0022.9S 43.2E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 00:0023.0S 42.4E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 06:0023.7S 42.0E30 kt997 mbTropical depression
Feb 7, 12:0024.5S 41.8E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 7, 18:0025.3S 41.6E50 kt984 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 00:0026.2S 41.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 06:0027.0S 41.3E45 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 8, 12:0027.8S 41.7E40 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 8, 18:0029.4S 42.0E35 kt989 mbSubtropical storm
Feb 9, 00:0030.5S 42.2E30 kt990 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 9, 06:0032.4S 43.1E25 kt1000 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 9, 12:0034.6S 43.5E25 kt1004 mbSubtropical depression
Feb 9, 18:0035.8S 43.5E40 kt984 mbExtratropical
Feb 10, 00:0037.2S 45.4E40 kt984 mbExtratropical
Feb 10, 06:0038.4S 48.7E40 kt986 mbExtratropical
Feb 10, 12:0039.5S 52.4E40 kt986 mbExtratropical

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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.