Nagaland, India: storm history

5 storms have passed within 50 km of Nagaland from 1991 to 2017. The map shows India; search for a town in Nagaland to see storms near it.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Nagaland

The record holds 5 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Nagaland, India between 1991 and 2017. The busiest month is May, with 3 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength.

  • 5storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Nagaland?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression00%
Tropical storm480%
Category 100%
Category 2120%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (Indian Ocean).

Nagaland storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1990s32010s2

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1991, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1990s3
2010s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May3Jun1Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun1
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Nagaland

  • Unnamed storm of May 1997 (North Indian)13 May 1997 to 20 May 1997, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 964 hPa
  • Mora (2017)27 May 2017 to 30 May 2017, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 978 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of May 1991 (North Indian)30 May 1991 to 3 June 1991, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 990 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1997 (North Indian)19 September 1997 to 27 September 1997, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 984 hPa
  • Mahasen:viyaru (2013)9 May 2013 to 16 May 2013, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 990 hPa

Most recent storms near Nagaland

  • Mora (2017)27 May 2017 to 30 May 2017, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 978 hPa
  • Mahasen:viyaru (2013)9 May 2013 to 16 May 2013, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 990 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1997 (North Indian)19 September 1997 to 27 September 1997, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 984 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

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