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English: This map shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in the North Indian Ocean from 1980 to 2005. The points show the locations of each storm at six-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm.
 
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
 
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
 
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
 
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
 
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
 
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
 
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
 
Unknown

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▲ Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
Date October 10, 1980 – December 22, 2005
Source Created using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA [1]. The tracking data is from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center's best track database for the North Indian Ocean
Author Nilfanion

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