2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

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2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
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Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed7 January 2026
Last system dissipatedSeason ongoing
Strongest storm
NameBOB 01
 • Maximum winds55 km/h (35 mph)
(3-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure1004 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Depressions1
Deep depressions1
Total fatalitiesUnknown
Total damageUnknown
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The 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season is the ongoing annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the North Indian Ocean basin. The season has no official bounds, but most cyclones tend to form between April and December, with the peak from May to November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.

Contents

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 as BOB. The systems that form over land are abbreviated as LAND.

The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the IMD, while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. On average, three to four cyclonic storms form in this basin every season. [1]

Season summary

2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Systems

Deep Depression BOB 01

Deep depression (IMD)
01B 2026-01-07 0815Z.png   BOB01 2026 path.png
Duration7 January – 10 January
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (3-min);
1004  hPa  (mbar)

On 7 January, a low-pressure area intensified into a depression over the Bay of Bengal. [2] It then further intensified into a deep depression on the morning of 8 January while moving west-northwestwards. [3] Made landfall over Sri Lanka as a depression and crossed the country before weakening into a well marked low pressure area in the Gulf of Mannar on January 10th.

Storm names

Within this basin, a tropical cyclone is assigned a name when it is judged to have reached cyclonic storm intensity with winds of 65 km/h (40 mph). There is no retirement of tropical cyclone names in this basin as the list of names is only scheduled to be used once before a new list of names is drawn up. Should a named tropical cyclone move into the basin from the Western Pacific, then it will retain its original name. The next eight available names from the list of North Indian Ocean storm names are below. [4]

  • Arnab (unused)
  • Murasu (unused)
  • Akvan (unused)
  • Kaani (unused)
  • Ngamann (unused)
  • Sail (unused)
  • Sahab (unused)
  • Lulu (unused)

Season effects

This is a table of all storms in the 2026 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It mentions all of the season's storms and their names, duration, peak intensities according to the IMD storm scale, damage, and death totals. Damage and death totals include the damage and deaths caused when that storm was a precursor wave or extratropical low. All of the damage figures are in 2026 USD.

NameDatesPeak intensityAreas affectedDamage
(USD)		DeathsRef(s).
Category Wind speedPressure
BOB 017–10 JanuaryDeep depression55 km/h (35 mph)1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) Sri Lanka, South India UnknownNone
Season aggregates
1 systems7 January – Season ongoing55 km/h (35 mph)1004 hPa (29.65 inHg)UnknownNone

References

  1. ↑ "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 from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining East Equatorial Indian Ocean" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Deep Depression over southwest & adjoining areas of southeast Bay of Bengal and East Equatorial Indian Ocean" (PDF). 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Naming of Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian Ocean" (PDF). rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in. New, Delhi: India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

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