Cyclone Horacio (2026)

Cyclone Horacio reached Category 5 in the South Indian between February 20, 2026 and February 27, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 920 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Horacio, 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: February 20, 2026 to February 27, 2026
Peak strength: Category 5, 138 kt (159 mph)
Lowest pressure: 920 mb (27.17 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 710 km (441 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 14.8
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 165 nmi (306 km, 190 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
Overall size: 250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved: 18 kt (21 mph)
Identifier: SH222026

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Feb 20, 00:00	14.5S 76.0E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Feb 20, 06:00	14.7S 75.8E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Feb 20, 12:00	15.4S 75.6E	45 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Feb 20, 18:00	15.6S 75.3E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Feb 21, 00:00	16.0S 74.6E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Feb 21, 06:00	16.6S 73.4E	35 kt	1003 mb	Not reported
Feb 21, 12:00	16.9S 73.1E	35 kt	1001 mb	Not reported
Feb 21, 18:00	16.9S 71.8E	45 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Feb 22, 00:00	16.9S 70.8E	45 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Feb 22, 06:00	17.2S 69.9E	45 kt	996 mb	Not reported
Feb 22, 12:00	17.6S 69.1E	51 kt	991 mb	Not reported
Feb 22, 18:00	17.8S 68.2E	54 kt	989 mb	Not reported
Feb 23, 00:00	18.3S 67.4E	64 kt	984 mb	Not reported
Feb 23, 06:00	19.0S 66.5E	93 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Feb 23, 12:00	19.8S 65.8E	109 kt	948 mb	Not reported
Feb 23, 18:00	20.7S 65.1E	138 kt	920 mb	Not reported
Feb 24, 00:00	21.5S 64.6E	128 kt	930 mb	Not reported
Feb 24, 06:00	22.5S 64.3E	119 kt	941 mb	Not reported
Feb 24, 12:00	23.8S 64.5E	109 kt	949 mb	Not reported
Feb 24, 18:00	24.9S 64.9E	93 kt	960 mb	Not reported
Feb 25, 00:00	26.5S 65.8E	80 kt	971 mb	Not reported
Feb 25, 06:00	27.8S 66.3E	70 kt	981 mb	Not reported
Feb 25, 12:00	29.2S 66.8E	60 kt	986 mb	Not reported
Feb 25, 18:00	30.6S 67.8E	64 kt	984 mb	Not reported
Feb 26, 00:00	31.7S 68.6E	60 kt	987 mb	Not reported
Feb 26, 06:00	31.8S 69.2E	60 kt	986 mb	Not reported
Feb 26, 12:00	31.9S 69.5E	54 kt	988 mb	Not reported
Feb 26, 18:00	31.9S 69.4E	45 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Feb 27, 00:00	32.3S 69.0E	39 kt	996 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.