SOUTH INDIAN · 2026 SEASON
Tropical Storm Bakung (2025)
Recorded track and intensity · 12 Dec 2025–18 Dec 2025
This storm’s record is provisional and may be revised as the archive is updated.
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US-agency wind unavailable
No pressure measurement · tropical stage
Full archive record, including non-tropical stages if present
Along the recorded center positions
STORM HISTORY
Track and intensity summary
Bakung is listed in the South Indian basin for the 2026 season. Its archived track begins on 12 Dec 2025, 00:00 UTC at 8.1°S, 98°E. The first observation lists sustained winds of 35 knots. These dates describe the available observations, which may include stages before and after the tropical cyclone phase.
A peak US-agency wind measurement is unavailable. No tropical-stage central pressure measurement is available in this record.
The full record spans 150 hours and approximately 1,770 kilometers along the recorded center positions. The last recorded position is 10.1°S, 91.8°E on 18 Dec 2025, 06:00 UTC.
This summary is calculated from the NOAA IBTrACS archive and the JTWC operational best track. The peak category, unclassified, describes the storm’s peak recorded wind intensity, not its intensity at landfall or the severity of impacts at any location. Landfall times, damage and casualties have not been independently reviewed for this page.
QUICK ANSWERS
Bakung in brief
What was Tropical Storm Bakung’s highest wind speed?
The archive holds no US-agency wind measurement for Tropical Storm Bakung.
What category was Tropical Storm Bakung?
Tropical Storm Bakung is not recorded at hurricane strength on the Saffir–Simpson scale in this archive.
What was Tropical Storm Bakung’s lowest pressure?
No tropical-stage central pressure is recorded for Tropical Storm Bakung.
When did Tropical Storm Bakung occur?
The archived track runs from 12 Dec 2025, 00:00 UTC to 18 Dec 2025, 06:00 UTC.
Where did Tropical Storm Bakung form?
In the South Indian basin, in the 2026 season. Its first recorded position is 8.1°S, 98°E on 12 Dec 2025, 00:00 UTC.
Did Tropical Storm Bakung make landfall?
No archived position places Tropical Storm Bakung’s center over land, but positions are six-hourly and a brief landfall can fall between them.
METHODOLOGY
Data sources and limitations
The map and summary are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive, with provisional positions from the JTWC operational best track; post-season analysis revises them. Wind and category use US-agency records; minimum pressure is calculated during the tropical stage, with the archive’s pressure source retained. Categories refer to the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale; local agencies may use different classifications. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.
Track distance adds great-circle distances between consecutive observations, excluding gaps over 12 hours. This track has no gaps over 12 hours. The line shows the storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Converted wind speeds are rounded to the nearest whole unit.
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NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation
Sources & methodology