Cyclone Mal (2024)

Cyclone Mal reached Category 1 in the South Pacific between November 12, 2023 and November 17, 2023, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Mal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 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 Pacific
Dates: November 12, 2023 to November 17, 2023
Peak strength: Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
Lowest pressure: 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 99 km (62 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 4.5
Identifier: SH022024

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 12, 00:00	7.0S 167.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 12, 06:00	7.5S 168.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 12, 12:00	8.0S 169.7E	25 kt	995 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 12, 18:00	8.6S 170.5E	30 kt	994 mb	Tropical depression
Nov 13, 00:00	9.6S 171.1E	35 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 13, 06:00	11.1S 172.1E	50 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 13, 12:00	12.3S 173.0E	55 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 13, 18:00	12.3S 173.0E	60 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 14, 00:00	14.7S 174.3E	60 kt	989 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 14, 06:00	16.1S 175.2E	65 kt	984 mb	Typhoon
Nov 14, 12:00	17.4S 175.7E	65 kt	985 mb	Typhoon
Nov 14, 18:00	18.6S 176.5E	75 kt	975 mb	Typhoon
Nov 15, 00:00	20.2S 177.9E	70 kt	983 mb	Typhoon
Nov 15, 06:00	21.4S 178.2E	65 kt	985 mb	Typhoon
Nov 15, 12:00	22.2S 178.5E	60 kt	987 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 15, 18:00	23.5S 178.9E	55 kt	992 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 16, 00:00	24.8S 179.8W	40 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Nov 16, 06:00	25.8S 178.5W	35 kt	989 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 16, 12:00	26.8S 177.3W	35 kt	1001 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 16, 18:00	27.9S 176.3W	35 kt	1004 mb	Subtropical storm
Nov 17, 00:00	29.4S 184.7E		999 mb	Not reported

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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.