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Cyclones in India

Cyclones occurfrequently in India. On average, they happen about 9 times a year. The hardest hit regions are Southern, Eastern and Western.

The typical cyclone season depends on the summer monsoon. In the months before (May to June) and after (October to November), the most severe storms occur.

The most severe cyclone to make landfall in India in the past 12 months was »«. It reached a wind speed of up to 83 km/h on August 19, 2022 at 11:30 am local time near Kultali and was 68 kilometers in diameter at the time. According to the internationally accepted Saffir-Simpson classification, this corresponded to a tropical storm cyclone.

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Current cyclone: Mocha

On May 11, 2023 at 5:30 am, cyclone »Mocha« formed in the Bay of Bengal with an initial wind speed of 65 km/h. The storm system initially moved northeast at 6 km/h and reached a diameter of 130 kilometers. On May 14, 2023 at 5:30 am, it reached its highest wind speed to date of 256 kilometers per hour. This corresponds to a category 5 cyclone.

On May 14, 2023 at 2:30 pm, Mocha made landfall near the city of Sittwe in Myanmar. At that time, the cyclone had a wind speed of 220 km/h and a diameter of 30 kilometers.

From December to May, we do not update this data daily. The last position logged here was about 78 km southwest of Sagain on May 14th at 11:30 pm. The next update is expected on Friday.

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Most violent cyclones in India since 2018

Mocha: May 11-14, 2023

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 256 km/h
Diameter:
max. 259 km
Air pressure:
below 918 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 5
The cyclone did not make direct landfall in India. On May 14th, 2023 at 8:30 pm it had the shortest distance at about 84 km southwest of Saiha in North Eastern.
Instead, the first landfall occurred near Sittwe in Myanmar on May 14th at 11:30 am.

Sitrang: October 23-24, 2022

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 83 km/h
Diameter:
max. 1222 km
Air pressure:
below 994 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Eastern
North Eastern

Asani: May 7-11, 2022

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 119 km/h
on land:
max. 100 km/h
Diameter:
max. 130 km
Air pressure:
below 976 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Southern

Jawad: November 30 to December 6, 2021

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 74 km/h
Diameter:
max. 926 km
Air pressure:
below 1000 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Southern
Eastern

Gulab:shaheen Gu: September 24 to October 4, 2021

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 130 km/h
on land:
max. 67 km/h
Diameter:
max. 296 km
Air pressure:
below 974 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 1
Affected regions
Southern
Eastern
Central
Western

Gulab:shaheen Gu: September 23 to October 4, 2021

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 111 km/h
on land:
max. 83 km/h
Diameter:
max. 556 km
Air pressure:
below 984 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Southern
Eastern
Central
Western

Yaas: May 24-27, 2021

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 119 km/h
Diameter:
max. 259 km
Air pressure:
below 974 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Eastern

Yaas: May 23-27, 2021

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 139 km/h
Diameter:
max. 796 km
Air pressure:
below 970 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 1
Affected regions
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Eastern

Tauktae: May 14-19, 2021

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 220 km/h
on land:
max. 202 km/h
Diameter:
max. 167 km
Eye:
max. 74 km
Air pressure:
below 935 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 4
Affected regions
Western
Northern

Tauktae: May 13-19, 2021

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 185 km/h
Diameter:
max. 741 km
Eye:
max. 74 km
Air pressure:
below 950 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 3
Affected regions
Southern
Western
Northern

Burevi: November 29 to December 5, 2020

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 83 km/h
on land:
max. 74 km/h
Diameter:
max. 926 km
Air pressure:
below 996 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Southern

Nivar: November 22-27, 2020

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 120 km/h
Diameter:
max. 815 km
Air pressure:
below 982 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 1
Affected regions
Southern

Nisarga: May 31 to June 4, 2020

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 111 km/h
Diameter:
max. 574 km
Eye:
max. 74 km
Air pressure:
below 984 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Southern
Western
Central

Amphan: May 15-21, 2020

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 241 km/h
Diameter:
max. 644 km
Eye:
max. 56 km
Air pressure:
below 920 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 4
Affected regions
Southern
Eastern
North Eastern

Bulbul:matmo: October 28 to November 11, 2019

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 139 km/h
on land:
max. 130 km/h
Diameter:
max. 704 km
Air pressure:
below 976 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 1
Affected regions
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Eastern
North Eastern

Maha: October 28 to November 11, 2019

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 185 km/h
on land:
max. 74 km/h
Diameter:
max. 185 km
Eye:
max. 56 km
Air pressure:
below 956 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 3
Affected regions
Southern
Western

Kyaar:kyarr: October 22 to November 3, 2019

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 241 km/h
Diameter:
max. 370 km
Eye:
max. 93 km
Air pressure:
below 922 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 4
The cyclone did not make direct landfall in India. On October 25th, 2019 at 11:30 am it had the shortest distance at about 113 km east of Malvan in Western.

Hikaa:hikka: September 20-26, 2019

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 139 km/h
Diameter:
max. 111 km
Air pressure:
below 978 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 1
The cyclone did not make direct landfall in India. On September 20th, 2019 at 11:30 pm it had the shortest distance at about 99 km east of Shirgaon in Western.

Vayu: June 8-18, 2019

Region:
Arabian Sea
Wind speed:
max. 148 km/h
on land:
max. 41 km/h
Diameter:
max. 185 km
Eye:
max. 37 km
Air pressure:
below 970 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 1
Affected regions
Southern
Western

Fani: April 25 to May 4, 2019

Region:
Bay of Bengal
Wind speed:
max. 213 km/h
on land:
max. 194 km/h
Diameter:
max. 185 km
Eye:
max. 56 km
Air pressure:
below 932 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
category 4
Affected regions
Eastern


These evaluations are based on data from the National Centers for Environmental Information of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Individual data have been summarized or translated.
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