Cyclone Lola (2024)
Cyclone Lola reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between October 19, 2023 and October 26, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
The storm
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Dates
- October 19, 2023 to October 26, 2023
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 135 nmi (250 km, 155 mi) from the center at its widest
- Hurricane-force wind reached
- 45 nmi (83 km, 52 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 260 nmi (482 km, 299 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- SH012024
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, 00:00 | 3.0S 172.0E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Not reported |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 3.3S 171.7E | 15 kt | 1009 mb | Not reported |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 4.2S 171.1E | Not reported | ||
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 5.0S 170.5E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 5.0S 170.3E | 20 kt | 1007 mb | Not reported |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 5.4S 169.1E | 20 kt | 1008 mb | Not reported |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 6.5S 169.2E | 20 kt | 1006 mb | Not reported |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 6.8S 168.7E | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 7.4S 168.4E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 8.0S 168.0E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 8.9S 168.0E | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 9.7S 168.4E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 10.1S 168.4E | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 10.5S 168.4E | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 11.3S 168.7E | 60 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 12.0S 169.1E | 65 kt | 986 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 12.5S 169.3E | 75 kt | 979 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 13.0S 169.4E | 95 kt | 965 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 13.4S 169.4E | 115 kt | 947 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 14.0S 169.1E | 120 kt | 940 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 14.5S 169.0E | 125 kt | 937 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 15.1S 168.7E | 120 kt | 942 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 15.6S 168.4E | 110 kt | 951 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 24, 18:00 | 16.1S 168.2E | 100 kt | 961 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 00:00 | 16.5S 167.6E | 85 kt | 973 mb | Typhoon |
| Oct 25, 06:00 | 16.7S 167.1E | 55 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 12:00 | 17.0S 166.7E | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 25, 18:00 | 17.3S 166.2E | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 26, 00:00 | 17.5S 165.6E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 06:00 | 17.8S 165.7E | 20 kt | 1004 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 12:00 | 18.4S 165.8E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
| Oct 26, 18:00 | 19.5S 166.5E | 15 kt | 1006 mb | Disturbance |
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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.