The 2022 season

Cyclone Halima (2022)

Cyclone Halima reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 20, 2022 and April 7, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 932 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Halima, 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
March 20, 2022 to April 7, 2022
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
932 mb (27.52 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1553 km (965 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
13.7
Identifier
SH222022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 20, 18:009.5S 87.3E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 00:009.8S 86.6E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 06:0010.4S 85.9E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 12:0010.7S 84.8E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 21, 18:0010.7S 83.3E20 kt1005 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 00:0011.8S 82.4E20 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 06:0012.4S 81.2E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 12:0012.5S 79.6E25 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Mar 22, 18:0012.9S 77.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 00:0012.5S 77.2E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Mar 23, 06:0012.4S 76.8E35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 12:0012.6S 76.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 23, 18:0012.7S 75.9E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 00:0012.8S 75.5E55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 24, 06:0013.0S 74.9E70 kt981 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 12:0013.1S 74.5E85 kt971 mbTyphoon
Mar 24, 18:0013.3S 74.1E90 kt966 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 00:0013.4S 73.7E95 kt958 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 06:0013.7S 73.6E110 kt948 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 12:0014.2S 73.4E125 kt932 mbTyphoon
Mar 25, 18:0014.7S 73.4E110 kt960 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 00:0015.5S 73.5E90 kt970 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 06:0016.3S 73.8E75 kt982 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 12:0017.3S 74.4E65 kt988 mbTyphoon
Mar 26, 18:0018.6S 75.1E60 kt990 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 00:0019.5S 75.8E55 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 06:0020.4S 76.8E50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 12:0021.0S 77.9E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 27, 18:0021.4S 79.1E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 00:0021.9S 79.8E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 06:0022.0S 80.4E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 12:0022.3S 81.3E45 kt994 mbTropical storm
Mar 28, 18:0022.1S 82.0E45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:0022.0S 82.3E50 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:0021.8S 82.6E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 12:0021.4S 82.5E40 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 18:0020.8S 82.3E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:0020.2S 82.2E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:0019.9S 82.2E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:0019.5S 82.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:0019.4S 82.8E40 kt999 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:0019.5S 83.3E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:0019.6S 83.9E35 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:0019.7S 84.3E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0019.6S 84.4E40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0019.6S 84.5E30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 1, 06:0019.5S 84.6E30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 1, 12:0019.4S 84.6E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 1, 18:0019.2S 84.5E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Apr 2, 00:0019.0S 84.8E25 kt1001 mbTropical depression
Apr 2, 06:0018.8S 84.8E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 2, 12:0018.8S 84.5E25 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Apr 2, 18:0018.7S 84.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 00:0019.0S 83.9E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 06:0019.2S 83.4E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Apr 3, 12:0018.7S 82.5E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 3, 18:0018.5S 81.0E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 4, 00:0018.3S 80.4E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Apr 4, 06:0018.4S 80.3E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Apr 4, 12:0018.7S 79.8E20 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Apr 4, 18:0019.1S 79.1E20 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 5, 00:0019.4S 78.3E20 kt1010 mbDisturbance
Apr 5, 06:0019.7S 77.5E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 5, 12:0020.2S 76.6E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 5, 18:0020.7S 75.7E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 6, 00:0021.1S 75.0E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 6, 06:0021.4S 74.5E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 6, 12:0021.8S 74.1E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 6, 18:0022.3S 73.8E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 7, 00:0022.5S 73.9E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Apr 7, 06:0022.4S 74.1E15 kt1013 mbDisturbance
Apr 7, 12:0022.1S 74.2E15 kt1013 mbDisturbance

Other South Indian storms of 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.