Cyclone Maila (2026)

Cyclone Maila reached Category 4 in the South Pacific between April 4, 2026 and April 11, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 930 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Maila, 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 Pacific
Dates: April 4, 2026 to April 11, 2026
Peak strength: Category 4, 124 kt (143 mph)
Lowest pressure: 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 130 km (81 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 20.1
Identifier: SH302026

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Apr 4, 00:00	9.1S 155.1E	35 kt	997 mb	Not reported
Apr 4, 06:00	8.9S 155.1E	39 kt	992 mb	Not reported
Apr 4, 12:00	8.9S 155.0E	45 kt	990 mb	Not reported
Apr 4, 18:00	9.0S 154.4E	51 kt	986 mb	Not reported
Apr 5, 00:00	8.8S 154.2E	64 kt	980 mb	Not reported
Apr 5, 06:00	9.4S 154.5E	64 kt	978 mb	Not reported
Apr 5, 12:00	9.3S 154.6E	74 kt	973 mb	Not reported
Apr 5, 18:00	9.4S 154.6E	89 kt	960 mb	Not reported
Apr 6, 00:00	9.5S 154.7E	89 kt	960 mb	Not reported
Apr 6, 06:00	9.7S 155.3E	84 kt	964 mb	Not reported
Apr 6, 12:00	9.7S 155.5E	93 kt	958 mb	Not reported
Apr 6, 18:00	9.9S 156.1E	89 kt	962 mb	Not reported
Apr 7, 00:00	9.9S 156.4E	89 kt	963 mb	Not reported
Apr 7, 06:00	9.9S 156.5E	99 kt	953 mb	Not reported
Apr 7, 12:00	9.7S 156.3E	109 kt	943 mb	Not reported
Apr 7, 18:00	9.5S 156.0E	124 kt	930 mb	Not reported
Apr 8, 00:00	9.0S 155.9E	119 kt	937 mb	Not reported
Apr 8, 06:00	8.5S 155.9E	115 kt	939 mb	Not reported
Apr 8, 12:00	8.6S 155.7E	105 kt	951 mb	Not reported
Apr 8, 18:00	8.6S 155.4E	109 kt	944 mb	Not reported
Apr 9, 00:00	8.5S 155.1E	99 kt	954 mb	Not reported
Apr 9, 06:00	8.5S 154.7E	99 kt	954 mb	Not reported
Apr 9, 12:00	8.3S 154.4E	84 kt	967 mb	Not reported
Apr 9, 18:00	8.3S 154.2E	74 kt	971 mb	Not reported
Apr 10, 00:00	8.1S 154.6E	70 kt	975 mb	Not reported
Apr 10, 06:00	8.5S 154.6E	54 kt	982 mb	Not reported
Apr 10, 12:00	8.4S 154.3E	45 kt	992 mb	Not reported
Apr 10, 18:00	8.2S 154.2E	39 kt	995 mb	Not reported
Apr 11, 00:00	7.8S 154.6E	35 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Apr 11, 06:00	8.0S 155.1E	29 kt	998 mb	Not reported
Apr 11, 12:00	8.7S 155.4E	29 kt	999 mb	Not reported
Apr 11, 18:00	9.0S 155.7E	29 kt	1000 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.