Cyclone Tej (2023)
Cyclone Tej reached Category 3 in the North Indian between October 19, 2023 and October 24, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 958 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Cyclone Tej, 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 19, 2023 to October 24, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 958 mb (28.29 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.1
- Identifier
- IO052023
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 19, 06:00 | 10.7N 62.6E | 15 kt | 1010 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 10.2N 62.4E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 9.9N 62.3E | 25 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 9.5N 62.1E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 9.3N 61.6E | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 9.4N 60.9E | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 9.7N 59.8E | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 9.9N 59.0E | 50 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 10.2N 58.1E | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 10.7N 57.4E | 70 kt | 984 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 11.4N 56.5E | 105 kt | 958 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 12.1N 55.8E | 105 kt | 959 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 12.7N 55.0E | 100 kt | 962 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 13.4N 54.3E | 100 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 13.9N 53.8E | 105 kt | 960 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 14.2N 53.2E | 85 kt | 976 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 14.7N 52.8E | 80 kt | 980 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 15.3N 52.6E | 70 kt | 982 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 15.7N 52.3E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 15.8N 52.4E | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 15.7N 51.7E | 30 kt | 997 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 16.5N 51.5E | 20 kt | 1001 mb | Disturbance |
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 HamoonNorth 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.