Cyclone Fytia (2026)

Cyclone Fytia reached Category 3 in the South Indian between January 29, 2026 and February 4, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Fytia, 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 29, 2026 to February 4, 2026
Peak strength: Category 3, 99 kt (114 mph)
Lowest pressure: 962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 7.3
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 130 nmi (241 km, 150 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 12 nmi (22 km, 14 mi)
Overall size: 215 nmi (398 km, 247 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved: 13 kt (15 mph)
Identifier: SH192026

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 29, 18:00	15.6S 42.5E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Jan 30, 00:00	15.6S 42.5E	45 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Jan 30, 06:00	15.6S 42.5E	60 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Jan 30, 12:00	15.5S 43.0E	80 kt	973 mb	Not reported
Jan 30, 18:00	15.5S 43.9E	93 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Jan 31, 00:00	16.0S 44.8E	99 kt	962 mb	Not reported
Jan 31, 06:00	16.3S 45.8E	74 kt	979 mb	Not reported
Jan 31, 12:00	17.1S 46.5E	60 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Jan 31, 18:00	18.0S 47.3E	45 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Feb 1, 00:00	18.8S 48.3E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Feb 1, 06:00	19.5S 49.5E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Feb 1, 12:00	20.4S 50.3E	45 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Feb 1, 18:00	21.0S 51.0E	45 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Feb 2, 00:00	20.6S 52.0E	45 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Feb 2, 06:00	21.2S 52.5E	54 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Feb 2, 12:00	22.1S 53.1E	51 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Feb 2, 18:00	22.9S 53.5E	54 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Feb 3, 00:00	23.3S 54.0E	54 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Feb 3, 06:00	23.4S 54.0E	51 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Feb 3, 12:00	23.8S 54.5E	51 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Feb 3, 18:00	23.9S 54.9E	45 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Feb 4, 00:00	23.6S 54.8E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Feb 4, 06:00	23.5S 54.9E	29 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Feb 4, 12:00	23.4S 55.2E	25 kt	1002 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.

Wikipedia article: Cyclone Fytia