The 2022 season

Cyclone Vernon (2022)

Cyclone Vernon reached Category 4 in the South Indian between February 23, 2022 and March 10, 2022, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Vernon, 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
February 23, 2022 to March 10, 2022
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 918 km (570 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
11.4
Identifier
SH142022

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Feb 23, 00:0012.9S 99.6E15 kt1006 mbTropical storm
Feb 23, 06:0012.8S 98.8E15 kt1004 mbMixed
Feb 23, 12:0012.6S 98.3E20 kt1004 mbMixed
Feb 23, 18:0012.6S 97.7E20 kt1002 mbMixed
Feb 24, 00:0013.0S 96.7E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Feb 24, 06:0013.1S 96.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Feb 24, 12:0013.2S 96.0E35 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 24, 18:0013.3S 95.6E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 00:0013.6S 95.2E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 06:0013.9S 94.6E60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Feb 25, 12:0014.3S 93.5E70 kt981 mbTyphoon
Feb 25, 18:0014.7S 92.2E90 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 00:0014.9S 91.2E110 kt950 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 06:0014.7S 89.6E110 kt950 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 12:0014.0S 88.1E90 kt967 mbTyphoon
Feb 26, 18:0012.9S 87.5E80 kt975 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 00:0012.4S 87.6E90 kt966 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 06:0012.2S 87.9E65 kt984 mbTyphoon
Feb 27, 12:0012.3S 88.6E60 kt987 mbTropical storm
Feb 27, 18:0013.6S 88.5E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 00:0013.8S 87.8E45 kt997 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 06:0013.7S 87.7E50 kt994 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 12:0013.8S 87.5E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Feb 28, 18:0014.0S 87.4E45 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 00:0014.8S 87.0E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 06:0015.5S 86.6E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 12:0016.6S 85.7E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 1, 18:0017.2S 85.1E45 kt996 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 00:0017.7S 84.6E50 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 06:0018.6S 83.7E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 12:0019.4S 83.3E50 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 2, 18:0020.5S 82.9E55 kt989 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 00:0022.0S 82.3E60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 06:0023.2S 81.5E50 kt991 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 12:0024.7S 81.1E45 kt993 mbTropical storm
Mar 3, 18:0026.0S 80.8E45 kt992 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 4, 00:0027.2S 80.3E45 kt991 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 4, 06:0028.3S 80.0E45 kt993 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 4, 12:0028.9S 79.8E60 kt984 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 4, 18:0029.8S 79.6E50 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 5, 00:0030.4S 79.5E45 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 5, 06:0031.1S 79.5E45 kt991 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 5, 12:0031.5S 79.5E45 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 5, 18:0032.0S 79.7E45 kt990 mbSubtropical storm
Mar 6, 00:0032.5S 79.4E45 kt995 mbExtratropical
Mar 6, 06:0033.0S 79.5E45 kt996 mbExtratropical
Mar 6, 12:0033.6S 79.7E40 kt998 mbExtratropical
Mar 6, 18:0034.4S 80.2E40 kt998 mbExtratropical
Mar 7, 00:0035.5S 80.9E40 kt998 mbExtratropical
Mar 7, 06:0036.6S 81.9E40 kt998 mbExtratropical
Mar 7, 12:0037.3S 82.8E35 kt1000 mbExtratropical
Mar 7, 18:0037.8S 83.8E34 kt1001 mbExtratropical
Mar 8, 00:0038.1S 84.7E34 kt1002 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 06:0038.0S 85.5E32 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 12:0037.8S 86.0E30 kt1006 mbDisturbance
Mar 8, 18:0037.3S 86.4E25 kt1008 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 00:0036.7S 86.6E25 kt1009 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 06:0035.9S 86.7E20 kt1011 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 12:0035.0S 86.6E20 kt1013 mbDisturbance
Mar 9, 18:0034.3S 86.6E20 kt1014 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 00:0033.8S 86.6E15 kt1015 mbDisturbance
Mar 10, 06:0033.5S 86.5E1015 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.