Somalia Districts Impacted by 1984 Tropical Cyclone 1A

Geospatial records from the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) identify the Somalia districts impacted by Tropical Cyclone 1A in May 1984. The data maps the path of the first documented cyclone to transit the Gulf of Aden, which reached windspeeds of 23m/s.

Use Cases

• Mapping historical storm tracks relative to Somalia's administrative boundaries using the district geometry
• Analyzing the spatial extent of the 1984 Gulf of Aden cyclone for climate risk modeling
• Correlating district-level historical weather events with long-term environmental change in the Berbera region

Strengths

• Available in four formats (GEOJSON, CSV, XLSX, SHP)
• Sourced from the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center
• Documents the first documented cyclone to move through the Gulf of Aden

Limitations

• Small sample size limited to districts affected by a single storm
• No damage or impact metrics are included as none were reported
• Lacks granular wind speed or atmospheric pressure time-series data

Provenance

Source

IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC)

Time Range

1984

Freshness

Last updated March 2026; historical data representing a 1984 event.

Geography

Somalia