List of extremely severe cyclonic storms

Behind super cyclonic storms, extremely severe cyclonic storms are the second-highest classification on the India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s intensity scale. There have been 31 of them since reliable records began in 1960. The most recent extremely severe cyclonic storm was Cyclone Maha in the 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.

Cyclone Fani, one of the most recent extremely severe cyclonic storms, making landfall in Odisha.

Background

The North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone basin is located to the north of the Equator, and encompasses the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, between the Malay Peninsula and the Arabian Peninsula.[1] The basin is officially monitored by the India Meteorological Department's Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in New Delhi.[1] Within the basin an extremely severe cyclonic storm is defined as a tropical cyclone that has 3-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds between 90–119 knots (165–220 km/h; 105–135 mph).[1]

Systems
Name Dates as a
tropical cyclone		 Sustained
wind speeds		 Pressure Areas affected Deaths Damage
(USD)		 Refs
TwoMay 18 – 29, 1963195 km/h (120 mph)947 hPa (27.96 inHg)No land areas0None[2][3]
UnnamedNovember 1 – 11, 1966205 km/h (125 mph)961 hPa (28.38 inHg)[4]
UnnamedOctober 21 – 28, 1968195 km/h (120 mph)964 hPa (28.47 inHg)[5]
UnnamedNovember 7 – 8, 1969165 km/h (105 mph)975 hPa (28.79 inHg)Andrah Pradesh200[6]
BholaNovember 8 – 13, 1970185 km/h (115 mph)966 hPa (28.53 inHg)India, Bangladesh[7]
UnnamedOctober 29 – 30, 1971185 km/h (115 mph)967 hPa (28.56 inHg)[8]
ElsieSeptember 8 – 9, 1972205 km/h (125 mph)957 hPa (28.26 inHg)[9]
FlossieSeptember 21 – 22, 1972185 km/h (115 mph)963 hPa (28.44 inHg)[9]
UnnamedOctober 21 – 23, 1975185 km/h (115 mph)967 hPa (28.56 inHg)[10]
UnnamedJune 9 – 13, 1977165 km/h (105 mph)964 hPa (28.47 inHg)[11]
UnnamedNovember 17 – 18, 1977165 km/h (105 mph)974 hPa (28.76 inHg)[11]
UnnamedNovember 8 – 9, 1978205 km/h (125 mph)940 hPa (27.76 inHg)[12]
UnnamedMay 11 – 12, 1979205 km/h (125 mph)936 hPa (27.64 inHg)[13]
BOB 01May 3 – 5, 1982215 km/h (130 mph)Not SpecifiedMyanmar5Moderate[14]
BOB 02June 3, 1982165 km/h (105 mph)914 hPa (26.99 inHg)[14]
ARB 15November 8, 1982165 km/h (105 mph)962 hPa (28.41 inHg)India341Unknown[14]
BOB 06November 8 – 9, 1983165 km/h (105 mph)Not Specified[14]
BOB 05November 12 – 14, 1984215 km/h (130 mph)Not SpecifiedIndia≥430Moderate[14][15]
BOB 06November 30 – December 1, 1984215 km/h (130 mph)973 hPa (28.73 inHg)India, Somalia0Unknown[14]
BOB 07November 17, 1988205 km/h (125 mph)Not Specified[14]
"Bangladesh"November 25 – 29, 1988215 km/h (130 mph)Not SpecifiedBangladesh, India6,240$13 million[14]
ForrestNovember 15 – 22, 1992185 km/h (115 mph)952 hPa (28.11 inHg)Bangladesh, Myanmar2Unknown[14][16][17][18]
BOB 02December 1 – 4, 1993165 km/h (105 mph)968 hPa (28.59 inHg)India70$216 million[14][19][20]
"Bangladesh"April 26 – May 2, 1994215 km/h (130 mph)940 hPa (27.76 inHg)Bangladesh, Myanmar350$125 million[14][21][22][23][24]
BOB 07November 21 – 25, 1995190 km/h (115 mph)956 hPa (28.23 inHg)Sumatra, Myanmar, Bangladesh172Unknown[14][25][26][27]
"Bangladesh"May 14 – 20, 1997165 km/h (105 mph)964 hPa (28.47 inHg)Bangladesh1,146–1296Significant[14][28][29]
"Gujarat"June 13 – 15, 1998165 km/h (105 mph)958 hPa (28.29 inHg)India4,000–10,000$3 billion[14][30][31][32]
"Pakistan"May 16 – 22, 1999195 km/h (120 mph)946 hPa (27.94 inHg)Pakistan700$6 million[14][33]
BOB 05October 15 – 19, 1999165 km/h (105 mph)968 hPa (28.59 inHg)India>80Unknown[14][34][35]
BOB 05November 26 – 30, 2000190 km/h (115 mph)958 hPa (28.29 inHg)West India, Somalia12>$12 million[14][36][37]
"Sri Lanka"December 23 – 28, 2000165 km/h (105 mph)970 hPa (28.64 inHg)Sri Lanka, India9Minimal[38][39][36][14]
"India"May 21 – 28, 2001215 km/h (130 mph)932 hPa (27.52 inHg)Western India, Myanmar, Andaman Islands900Minimal[14][40]
"Myanmar"May 16 – 19, 2004165 km/h (105 mph)952 hPa (28.11 inHg)Myanmar236$99.2 million[14][41][42][43]
MalaApril 24 – 30, 2006185 km/h (115 mph)954 hPa (28.17 inHg)Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand37$6.7 million[14][44][45]
SidrNovember 11 – 16, 2007215 km/h (130 mph)944 hPa (27.88 inHg)Bangladesh, West Bengal, Northeast India15,000$2.21 billion[14][46][47]
NargisApril 27 – May 3, 2008165 km/h (105 mph)962 hPa (28.41 inHg)Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Yunnan138 373$12.9 billion[14][48][49]
GiriOctober 20 – 23, 2010195 km/h (120 mph)950 hPa (28.05 inHg)Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan157$359 million[14]
PhailinOctober 8 – 14, 2013215 km/h (130 mph)940 hPa (27.76 inHg)Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, India, Myanmar, Nepal45$4.26 billion[14]
HudhudOctober 7 – 14, 2014185 km/h (115 mph)950 hPa (28.05 inHg)Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, India, Nepal1243.58 billion[14]
NilofarOctober 28 – 29, 2014205 km/h (125 mph)950 hPa (28.05 inHg)India, Pakistan0Minor[14]
ChapalaOctober 30 – November 2, 2015215 km/h (130 mph)940 hPa (27.76 inHg)Oman, Somalia, Yemen9$100 million[14]
MeghNovember 8, 2015175 km/h (110 mph)964 hPa (28.47 inHg)Oman, Somalia, Yemen18Unknown[14]
MekunuMay 25, 2018175 km/h (110 mph)960 hPa (28.35 inHg)Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia26[50]
FaniApril 30 – May 3, 2019215 km/h (130 mph)932 hPa (27.52 inHg)Sumatra, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan898.1 billion[51]
MahaOctober 30 – November 7, 2019185 km/h (115 mph)956 hPa (28.23 inHg)Sri Lanka, Southern India, Maldives, Western India, Oman0Minor

Climatology
Extremely severe cyclonic
storms by month.[52]
Month Number of storms
January
0
February
0
March
0
April
4
May
7
June
3
July
0
August
0
September
2
October
9
November
15
December
2
Extremely severe cyclonic
storms by decade.[52]
Decade Number of storms
1960s
2
1970s
8
1980s
8
1990s
8
2000s
7
2010s
8
2020s
0

See also

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