IBTrACS: Tropical Cyclone Best Track Data for Cambodia

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) provides a unified global collection of tropical cyclone data. It merges recent and historical storm information from multiple agencies to create a publicly available best-track dataset. The dataset was last updated on 2026-07-14 and is hosted by HDX under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Analyze storm intensity and paths based on latitude, longitude, and wind speed fields
• Compare tropical cyclone activity across different ocean basins based on the BASIN and SUBBASIN fields
• Study the temporal distribution of storms using the ISO_TIME observation timestamps
• Model relationships between minimum central pressure and maximum sustained wind speed using the WMO_PRES and WMO_WIND fields

Strengths

• Data is described as the most complete global collection of tropical cyclones available
• Dataset merges information from multiple agencies to improve inter-agency comparisons
• Includes key storm attributes like position, wind speed, pressure, and a unique storm identifier (SID)

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project, aggregated by HDX

Collection Method

Merges tropical cyclone data from multiple responsible WMO agencies

Time Range

Recent and historical data, but specific temporal coverage is not provided

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07 14 11:58:51.046066; freshness should be verified

Geography

Focus on Cambodia, but data likely includes global tropical cyclone tracks