Cyclone Michaung (2023)
Cyclone Michaung reached Category 1 in the North Indian between November 30, 2023 and December 6, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 985 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Michaung, 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
- November 30, 2023 to December 6, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb (29.09 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.0
- Identifier
- IO082023
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 06:00 | 7.5N 88.0E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 30, 12:00 | 8.2N 87.2E | 15 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
| Nov 30, 18:00 | 8.4N 86.4E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | MD |
| Dec 1, 00:00 | 8.7N 85.7E | 15 kt | 1004 mb | MD |
| Dec 1, 06:00 | 9.0N 85.0E | 15 kt | 1003 mb | MD |
| Dec 1, 12:00 | 9.4N 84.5E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | MD |
| Dec 1, 18:00 | 9.4N 84.5E | 25 kt | 1000 mb | MD |
| Dec 2, 00:00 | 9.6N 84.2E | 25 kt | 999 mb | MD |
| Dec 2, 06:00 | 9.9N 84.0E | 25 kt | 998 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 2, 12:00 | 10.2N 83.8E | 30 kt | 996 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 2, 18:00 | 10.5N 83.6E | 30 kt | 994 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 3, 00:00 | 11.1N 83.3E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 06:00 | 11.9N 82.8E | 35 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 12:00 | 12.4N 82.5E | 40 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 3, 18:00 | 12.7N 82.0E | 50 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 00:00 | 13.0N 81.5E | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 06:00 | 13.5N 81.0E | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 12:00 | 13.9N 80.6E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 4, 18:00 | 14.3N 80.2E | 65 kt | 985 mb | Typhoon |
| Dec 5, 00:00 | 14.8N 80.1E | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 06:00 | 15.6N 80.1E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 12:00 | 16.0N 80.1E | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 5, 18:00 | 16.9N 80.4E | 35 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Dec 6, 00:00 | 17.3N 80.6E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Dec 6, 06:00 | 18.3N 81.1E | 25 kt | 999 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
- Cyclone HamoonNorth Indian · 2023
- Tropical Storm MidhiliNorth 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.