Cyclone Billy (2022)
Cyclone Billy reached Category 1 in the South Indian between March 12, 2022 and March 17, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 986 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Billy, 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.
The storm
- Basin
- South Indian
- Dates
- March 12, 2022 to March 17, 2022
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb (29.12 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 390 km (242 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Identifier
- SH202022
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 12, 18:00 | 11.1S 107.0E | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 13, 00:00 | 11.9S 106.1E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 06:00 | 12.7S 105.3E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 12:00 | 13.3S 104.3E | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 13, 18:00 | 13.8S 103.2E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 00:00 | 14.5S 102.0E | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 06:00 | 15.5S 100.7E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 14, 12:00 | 16.3S 99.8E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 14, 18:00 | 16.7S 98.8E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Typhoon |
| Mar 15, 00:00 | 16.9S 98.1E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 06:00 | 17.1S 97.2E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 12:00 | 17.3S 96.3E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 15, 18:00 | 17.6S 95.3E | 55 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 00:00 | 17.9S 94.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 06:00 | 18.3S 93.6E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 12:00 | 19.1S 92.9E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 16, 18:00 | 19.6S 92.6E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 00:00 | 20.3S 92.5E | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Mar 17, 06:00 | 21.7S 93.0E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 17, 12:00 | 23.2S 93.5E | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Mar 17, 18:00 | 23.7S 93.9E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical depression |
Other South Indian storms of 2022
- Tropical Storm PaddySouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm TerataiSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm SethSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm AnaSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone BatsiraiSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm CliffSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone EmnatiSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm DumakoSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm FezileSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone VernonSouth Indian · 2022
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm AnikaSouth Indian · 2022
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone GombeSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone CharlotteSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone HalimaSouth Indian · 2022
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm IssaSouth Indian · 2022
- Cyclone JasmineSouth Indian · 2022
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2022
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2022
- Tropical Storm KarimSouth Indian · 2022
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.