Cyclone Megan (2024)

Basin

South Indian

Dates

March 12, 2024 to March 21, 2024

Peak strength

Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)

Lowest pressure

960 mb (28.35 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

6.1

Identifier

SH192024

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

• Cyclone AlvaroSouth Indian · 2024Cat 165 kt · 986 mb
• Cyclone AnggrekSouth Indian · 2024Cat 4115 kt · 948 mb
• Cyclone BelalSouth Indian · 2024Cat 290 kt · 969 mb
• Tropical Storm CandiceSouth Indian · 2024Tropical Storm50 kt · 984 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2024Tropical Storm35 kt · 994 mb
• Cyclone DjoungouSouth Indian · 2024Cat 5140 kt · 923 mb
• Tropical Storm LincolnSouth Indian · 2024Tropical Storm45 kt · 991 mb
• Tropical Storm EleanorSouth Indian · 2024Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Cyclone FilipoSouth Indian · 2024Cat 165 kt · 984 mb
• Cyclone NevilleSouth Indian · 2024Cat 4115 kt · 947 mb
• Cyclone GamaneSouth Indian · 2024Cat 285 kt · 971 mb
• Cyclone OlgaSouth Indian · 2024Cat 4115 kt · 944 mb
• Cyclone HidayaSouth Indian · 2024Cat 180 kt · 977 mb
• Cyclone IalySouth Indian · 2024Cat 165 kt · 982 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 2024Tropical Storm40 kt · 995 mb

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.

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.