1975 North Indian Ocean cyclone season explained
Basin: | NIO |
Year: | 1975 |
Track: | 1975 North Indian Ocean cyclone season summary.jpg |
First Storm Formed: | January 6, 1975 |
Last Storm Dissipated: | December 20, 1975 |
Average Wind Speed: | 3 |
Total Disturbances: | 20 |
Total Storms: | 7 |
Total Hurricanes: | 4 |
Five Seasons: | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 |
Atlantic Season: | 1975 Atlantic hurricane season |
East Pacific Season: | 1975 Pacific hurricane season |
West Pacific Season: | 1975 Pacific typhoon season |
The 1975 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India. The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November.[1] Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.[2]
Systems
1
Tropical Storm One (01B)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 01B 1975 track.png |
Formed: | January 6 |
Dissipated: | January 10 |
1-Min Winds: | 35 |
3-Min Winds: | 25 |
Cyclone Two (02A)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 02A 1975 track.png |
Formed: | May 1 |
Dissipated: | May 10 |
1-Min Winds: | 95 |
3-Min Winds: | 100 |
Two meandered slowly northwest, attaining hurricane-force winds between May 3 and May 5. The cyclone dissipated before making landfall.
Cyclone Three (03B)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 03B 1975 track.png |
Formed: | May 4 |
Dissipated: | May 8 |
1-Min Winds: | 75 |
3-Min Winds: | 80 |
On May 5, Cyclone Three formed offshore of Thailand before recurving into Burma on May 7 as a hurricane-force system. Three moved inland and dissipated on May 8.
Tropical Storm Five (05B)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 05B 1975 track.png |
Formed: | June 4 |
Dissipated: | June 7 |
1-Min Winds: | 35 |
3-Min Winds: | 30 |
Cyclone Sixteen (16A)
See main article: 1975 Porbandar cyclone.
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 16A 1975 track.png |
Formed: | October 19 |
Dissipated: | October 24 |
1-Min Winds: | 80 |
3-Min Winds: | 85 |
Cyclone Sixteen formed on 19 October and began to intensify, peaking as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm or as a Category-1 equivalent storm on October 21. The storm made landfall at Porbandar in Gujarat at peak intensity on 22 October. Sixteen dissipated on October 24.[3] [4]
The cyclone caused severe damage to livelihoods, killing 85 people. Total damages were estimated to be .
Tropical Storm Eighteen (18B)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 18B 1975 track.png |
Formed: | November 1 |
Dissipated: | November 3 |
1-Min Winds: | 35 |
3-Min Winds: | 35 |
Tropical Storm Nineteen (19B)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 19B 1975 track.png |
Formed: | November 7 |
Dissipated: | November 12 |
1-Min Winds: | 50 |
3-Min Winds: | 55 |
Tropical Storm Twenty (20B)
Basin: | NIO |
Track: | 20B 1975 track.png |
Formed: | November 24 |
Dissipated: | December 2 |
1-Min Winds: | 35 |
3-Min Winds: | 40 |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: India Meteorological Department . 2012 . June 8, 2012 . Frequently Asked Questions: What is the annual frequency of Cyclones over the Indian Seas? What is its intra-annual variation? . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150521044203/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/faq/FAQP.htm . May 21, 2015 .
- Web site: India Meteorological Department. May 25, 2009. July 16, 2012. Bulletins Issued by Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) – Tropical Cyclones, New Delhi. https://web.archive.org/web/20120412152516/http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/bulletins.pdf. 2012-04-12. dead.
- Mukherjee . A. K. . Subramanian . S. K. . 1977-10-01 . Some features of Porbandar cyclone of October 1975 . MAUSAM . 28 . 4 . 439–446 . 10.54302/mausam.v28i4.2756 . 0252-9416. free .
- Gupta . G. R. . Mishra . D. K. . Yadav . B. R. . 1977-04-01 . The Porbandar cyclone of October 1975 . MAUSAM . 28 . 2 . 177–188 . 10.54302/mausam.v28i2.2687 . 0252-9416. free .