Table 3.2.1: Details of cyclonic storms along North Gujarat coast (1893-1999). Year Month Intensity Point of Track followed Origin 1893 Nov Str-SStr Arabian Sea Veraval-Bhavnagar 1894 Oct SStr Arabian Sea Jafarabad-S.Gujarat 1896 Nov SStr Indian Ocean Off Jafarabad-Bhopal-Allahabad 1897 Jul Depr Arabian Sea Off Jafarabad-Veraval-Gulf of Kachchh 1897 Sep Depr Off Diu Veraval-Off Dwaraka-NW 1903 Jul Str Arabian Sea Off Jafarabad-Veraval-North 1909 Sep Depr Bay of Bengal Surat-Jafarabad-Kandla-NW 1920 Jun SStr Arabian Sea Veraval-Ahmedabad 1925 Jun Depr Arabian Sea Off Veraval-Kandla-Bhopal-Allahabad 1925 Jun Depr Arabian Sea Bharuch-Bhavnagar-Okha 1926 Sep Depr Off Veraval Veraval-N-W-N 1933 May Depr Arabian Sea Veraval-N 1934 Oct Depr Arabian Sea Dissipated Off Jafarabad 1935 Jun Depr Bay of Bengal Gulf of Khambhat 1944 Aug Str Bihar Ahmedabad-Kandla-Off Jafarabad-W 1944 Oct Depr Bay of Bengal Pune-Mumbai-Off Jafarabad- Ahmedabad 1947 Apr SStr Off Cochin Arabian Sea-Bharuch-along the West coast 1948 Sep SStr Bay of Bengal Mumbai-Off Diu-Porbandar 1954 Jul Depr Off Jafarabad Vadinar-Karachi 1959 Oct Depr-Str Arabian Sea Jafarabad-Veraval-across the Arabian Sea-Oman 1960 Jul Depr Off Veraval Off Dwarka-Mandwa 1962 Sep Depr Bay of Bengal Surat-Jafarabad-Dwarka-Mandwa Table 3.2.1 (Contd.2) Year Month Intensity Point of Track followed Origin 1964 Aug Str Arabian Sea Jafarabad 1969 Jun Depr Arabian Sea Jafarabad-Bhavnagar 1973 Jul Depr Off Diu Veraval-Porbandar-Vadinar-N 1975 Jun Depr Off Jafarabad Okha-W 1976 May-Jun SStr Arabian Sea Jafarabad-Ahmedabad 1982 Nov Depr Arabian Sea Veraval-Ahmedabad-NE 1983 Jun Depr Off Veraval Veraval-Rajkot 1985 Oct Depr Off Mumbai Jafarabad-W of Bhavnagar Jafarabad-Surat-NE 1989 Jun Depr Off Veraval Junagadh-Rajkot-Navlakhi-Vadinar- NW 1996 Jun SStr Kandla Kandla-Rajkot 1996 Oct SStr Arabian Sea Kandla-Veraval-Jafarabad 1998 June SStr Arabian Sea Porbandar-Jamnagar-Kandla 1999 June SStr Arabian Sea Porbandar-Dwarka-Jakhau Intensity (Wind speed) Depression (Depr) : Upto 61 km/h. Storm (Str) : 62-87 km/h. Severe Storm (SStr) : 89-117 km/h. .