Cyclone Grant (2026)

Cyclone Grant reached Category 4 in the South Indian between December 18, 2025 and January 6, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 944 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Grant, 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 18, 2025 to January 6, 2026
Peak strength: Category 4, 119 kt (137 mph)
Lowest pressure: 944 mb (27.88 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 169 km (105 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 25.8
Identifier: SH092026

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 18, 06:00	12.2S 110.4E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Dec 18, 12:00	12.4S 110.1E	35 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Dec 18, 18:00	12.2S 109.2E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 19, 00:00	12.5S 108.9E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 19, 06:00	12.5S 107.8E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 19, 12:00	12.2S 108.1E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 19, 18:00	12.1S 107.5E	35 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Dec 20, 00:00	12.0S 107.1E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 20, 06:00	12.2S 106.0E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 20, 12:00	12.3S 105.3E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 20, 18:00	12.4S 104.7E	35 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 00:00	12.4S 104.4E	45 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 06:00	12.3S 104.2E	45 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 12:00	12.2S 103.2E	45 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Dec 21, 18:00	12.0S 102.6E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 00:00	12.0S 102.3E	39 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 06:00	12.3S 102.0E	39 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 12:00	12.8S 101.2E	35 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 22, 18:00	13.1S 100.5E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 00:00	12.6S 100.0E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 06:00	12.5S 99.7E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 12:00	12.2S 99.1E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 23, 18:00	12.3S 98.9E	35 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 00:00	12.1S 98.2E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 06:00	12.0S 97.8E	39 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 12:00	11.9S 97.8E	39 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Dec 24, 18:00	11.9S 97.3E	39 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Dec 25, 00:00	11.9S 96.5E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 25, 06:00	12.4S 95.6E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 25, 12:00	12.3S 95.0E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 25, 18:00	12.6S 94.4E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Dec 26, 00:00	12.4S 93.4E	51 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Dec 26, 06:00	11.9S 92.2E	51 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Dec 26, 12:00	11.9S 91.4E	54 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Dec 26, 18:00	11.8S 90.9E	60 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 00:00	11.8S 90.1E	60 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 06:00	11.9S 89.2E	60 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 12:00	12.0S 88.3E	60 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Dec 27, 18:00	12.1S 87.5E	64 kt	987 mb	Not reported
Dec 28, 00:00	12.3S 86.7E	64 kt	986 mb	Not reported
Dec 28, 06:00	12.7S 85.4E	74 kt	980 mb	Not reported
Dec 28, 12:00	13.1S 84.6E	74 kt	981 mb	Not reported
Dec 28, 18:00	13.3S 83.5E	80 kt	978 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 00:00	13.5S 82.5E	105 kt	957 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 06:00	13.6S 81.5E	115 kt	948 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 12:00	13.7S 80.5E	119 kt	944 mb	Not reported
Dec 29, 18:00	14.0S 79.2E	115 kt	949 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 00:00	14.3S 78.3E	109 kt	955 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 06:00	14.4S 77.0E	119 kt	950 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 12:00	14.7S 75.6E	119 kt	950 mb	Not reported
Dec 30, 18:00	14.8S 74.5E	109 kt	955 mb	Not reported
Dec 31, 00:00	15.0S 73.1E	105 kt	957 mb	Not reported
Dec 31, 06:00	15.3S 72.0E	99 kt	958 mb	Not reported
Dec 31, 12:00	15.7S 69.6E	99 kt	958 mb	Not reported
Dec 31, 18:00	16.0S 69.8E	80 kt	978 mb	Not reported
Jan 1, 00:00	16.2S 69.1E	70 kt	984 mb	Not reported
Jan 1, 06:00	16.0S 68.7E	60 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Jan 1, 12:00	16.0S 68.2E	51 kt	993 mb	Not reported
Jan 1, 18:00	15.9S 67.7E	35 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Jan 2, 00:00	15.8S 67.3E	35 kt	994 mb	Not reported
Jan 2, 06:00	15.5S 66.7E	35 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Jan 2, 12:00	15.2S 66.6E	35 kt	1000 mb	Not reported
Jan 2, 18:00	15.0S 66.0E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Jan 3, 00:00	14.6S 65.5E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Jan 3, 06:00	14.7S 64.6E	35 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Jan 3, 12:00	14.9S 63.8E	35 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Jan 3, 18:00	15.3S 63.6E	29 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Jan 4, 00:00	15.5S 62.8E	29 kt	1002 mb	Not reported
Jan 4, 06:00	15.4S 61.4E	29 kt	1006 mb	Not reported
Jan 4, 12:00	16.1S 59.7E	29 kt	1006 mb	Not reported
Jan 4, 18:00	16.3S 58.4E	29 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Jan 5, 00:00	16.1S 57.5E	29 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Jan 5, 06:00	16.7S 56.0E	25 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Jan 5, 12:00	16.7S 55.3E	25 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Jan 5, 18:00	16.9S 54.3E	29 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Jan 6, 00:00	17.2S 53.0E	29 kt	1005 mb	Not reported
Jan 6, 06:00	17.2S 52.1E	25 kt	1007 mb	Not reported
Jan 6, 12:00	17.7S 51.1E	25 kt	1006 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.