Cyclone Bakung (2026)

Cyclone Bakung reached Category 1 in the South Indian between December 12, 2025 and December 18, 2025, with a lowest pressure of 973 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Bakung, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 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 Indian
Dates: December 12, 2025 to December 18, 2025
Peak strength: Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure: 973 mb (28.73 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 661 km (411 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 5.6
Identifier: SH072026

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Dec 12, 00:00	8.1S 98.0E	35 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Dec 12, 06:00	8.4S 97.3E	35 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Dec 12, 12:00	8.4S 96.7E	39 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Dec 12, 18:00	8.6S 95.3E	45 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 13, 00:00	8.8S 94.5E	45 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Dec 13, 06:00	9.1S 93.6E			Not reported
Dec 13, 12:00	9.5S 92.7E			Not reported
Dec 13, 18:00	9.9S 91.9E			Not reported
Dec 14, 00:00	10.2S 91.4E	70 kt	983 mb	Not reported
Dec 14, 06:00	10.4S 91.2E	70 kt	983 mb	Not reported
Dec 14, 12:00	10.8S 91.0E	80 kt	973 mb	Not reported
Dec 14, 18:00	10.9S 90.9E	70 kt	981 mb	Not reported
Dec 15, 00:00	10.9S 91.3E	54 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Dec 15, 06:00	10.9S 91.6E	51 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Dec 15, 12:00	10.9S 92.1E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 15, 18:00	10.9S 92.7E	45 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 16, 00:00	11.0S 93.0E	45 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 16, 06:00	11.6S 93.1E	45 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 16, 12:00	12.1S 93.0E	45 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 16, 18:00	11.6S 93.2E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 17, 00:00	12.0S 93.0E	64 kt	984 mb	Not reported
Dec 17, 06:00	12.1S 92.8E	54 kt	986 mb	Not reported
Dec 17, 12:00	12.6S 92.3E	51 kt	988 mb	Not reported
Dec 17, 18:00	11.0S 91.4E	29 kt	1004 mb	Not reported
Dec 18, 00:00	10.6S 91.5E	29 kt	1004 mb	Not reported
Dec 18, 06:00	10.1S 91.8E	25 kt	1004 mb	Not reported

Other South Indian storms of 2026

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.