| 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
|---|---|
 Season summary map | |
| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | 24 May 2024 |
| Last system dissipated | Season ongoing |
| Strongest storm | |
| Name | Remal |
| • Maximum winds | 110 km/h (70 mph) (3-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 978 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Depressions | 10 |
| Deep depressions | 6 |
| Cyclonic storms | 3 |
| Severe cyclonic storms | 2 |
| Total fatalities | 227 total |
| Total damage | $630 million (2024 USD) |
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The 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It has been unreasonably less active in terms of formation of cyclonic storms.[1] The season has no official bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with the peak from May to Early November. These dates conventionally delimit each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.
The scope of this article is limited to the Indian Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere, east of the Horn of Africa and west of the Malay Peninsula. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean — the Arabian Sea to the west of the Indian subcontinent, abbreviated ARB by the India Meteorological Department (IMD); and the Bay of Bengal to the east, abbreviated BOB by the IMD.
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. On average, three to four cyclonic storms form in this basin every season.[2]
- ^ "Climatology of Tropical Cyclones over North Indian Ocean (NIO)" (PDF). severeweather.wmo.int. 8 December 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Annual Frequency of Cyclonic Disturbances (Maximum Wind Speed of 17 Knots or More), Cyclones (34 Knots or More) and Severe Cyclones (48 Knots or More) Over the Bay of Bengal (BOB), Arabian Sea (AS) and Land Surface of India" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2015.