Cyclone Dudzai (2026)

Cyclone Dudzai reached Category 4 in the South Indian between January 10, 2026 and January 21, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 940 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Dudzai, 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: January 10, 2026 to January 21, 2026
Peak strength: Category 4, 124 kt (143 mph)
Lowest pressure: 940 mb (27.76 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 251 km (156 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 26.5
Identifier: SH142026

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Jan 10, 18:00	13.9S 76.0E	39 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Jan 11, 00:00	14.4S 76.5E	51 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Jan 11, 06:00	15.0S 77.0E	54 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 11, 12:00	15.5S 77.0E	60 kt	988 mb	Not reported
Jan 11, 18:00	16.0S 77.4E	74 kt	979 mb	Not reported
Jan 12, 00:00	16.3S 77.8E	84 kt	974 mb	Not reported
Jan 12, 06:00	16.6S 77.8E	99 kt	962 mb	Not reported
Jan 12, 12:00	16.8S 77.9E	115 kt	948 mb	Not reported
Jan 12, 18:00	17.0S 78.0E	115 kt	948 mb	Not reported
Jan 13, 00:00	17.2S 78.1E	109 kt	952 mb	Not reported
Jan 13, 06:00	17.3S 78.0E	99 kt	954 mb	Not reported
Jan 13, 12:00	17.4S 77.9E	89 kt	965 mb	Not reported
Jan 13, 18:00	17.2S 77.6E	80 kt	977 mb	Not reported
Jan 14, 00:00	17.3S 77.4E	74 kt	978 mb	Not reported
Jan 14, 06:00	17.2S 77.1E	64 kt	985 mb	Not reported
Jan 14, 12:00	17.2S 76.7E	64 kt	987 mb	Not reported
Jan 14, 18:00	17.2S 76.2E	70 kt	984 mb	Not reported
Jan 15, 00:00	17.2S 75.2E	84 kt	974 mb	Not reported
Jan 15, 06:00	17.1S 74.3E	93 kt	967 mb	Not reported
Jan 15, 12:00	17.1S 73.6E	109 kt	952 mb	Not reported
Jan 15, 18:00	16.9S 72.7E	119 kt	942 mb	Not reported
Jan 16, 00:00	16.8S 72.1E	124 kt	940 mb	Not reported
Jan 16, 06:00	16.8S 71.3E	119 kt	944 mb	Not reported
Jan 16, 12:00	17.0S 70.4E	109 kt	951 mb	Not reported
Jan 16, 18:00	17.2S 69.6E	99 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Jan 17, 00:00	17.4S 68.9E	89 kt	971 mb	Not reported
Jan 17, 06:00	17.5S 67.9E	70 kt	985 mb	Not reported
Jan 17, 12:00	18.0S 67.4E	54 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 17, 18:00	18.5S 66.8E	54 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 18, 00:00	18.9S 66.5E	54 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Jan 18, 06:00	20.3S 65.5E	60 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Jan 18, 12:00	20.8S 65.0E	51 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Jan 18, 18:00	21.0S 64.0E	51 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Jan 19, 00:00	21.1S 62.8E	51 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Jan 19, 06:00	21.1S 61.6E	51 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 19, 12:00	21.7S 60.7E	51 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Jan 19, 18:00	22.0S 59.6E	51 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 20, 00:00	22.9S 58.4E	54 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 20, 06:00	23.6S 57.7E	51 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Jan 20, 12:00	24.9S 57.0E	54 kt	988 mb	Not reported
Jan 20, 18:00	26.2S 56.7E	54 kt	988 mb	Not reported
Jan 21, 00:00	27.6S 57.3E	51 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Jan 21, 06:00	29.8S 58.0E	60 kt	984 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.