Cyclone Maha path, 2019

What the record says

Maha was a cyclone in the North Indian basin that lasted about 14 days, from 28 October 2019 to 11 November 2019. Its peak was Category 3 (105 kt) on 4 November 2019, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 105 kt (121 mph, 194 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 956 hPa.

• Category 3peak intensity
• 105 ktpeak wind (121 mph)
• 956 hPalowest pressure
• 14 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (Indian Ocean). The regional forecast centre (RSMC New Delhi (India Meteorological Department)) gave a peak of 100 kt on its own averaging convention (10-minute winds), so the two figures differ.

It has its own page because it reached category 3 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• India

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.