Cyclone Hamoon (2023)
Cyclone Hamoon reached Category 2 in the North Indian between October 20, 2023 and October 25, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Hamoon, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2023 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
- North Indian
- Dates
- October 20, 2023 to October 25, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb (28.64 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.1
- Identifier
- IO062023
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 12.4N 88.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 12.7N 88.4E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 12.8N 88.0E | 15 kt | Disturbance | |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 13.2N 87.5E | 15 kt | Disturbance | |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 13.6N 87.1E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 14.6N 86.0E | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 15.2N 85.9E | 25 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 15.5N 86.2E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 15.7N 86.4E | 30 kt | 999 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 15.9N 86.9E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 16.0N 87.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 16.8N 87.0E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 17.5N 87.0E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 18.5N 87.5E | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 19.3N 88.4E | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 19.7N 89.1E | 75 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 20.4N 90.4E | 75 kt | 981 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 21.1N 91.5E | 90 kt | 970 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 20.1N 90.0E | 60 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 22.2N 92.1E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 22.7N 92.2E | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Indian storms of 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone MochaNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone BiparjoyNorth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 2023
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone TejNorth Indian · 2023
- Tropical Storm MidhiliNorth Indian · 2023
- Cyclone MichaungNorth Indian · 2023
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.