2025 tropical cyclone season · Southern Hemisphere
Cyclone Dikeledi Dikeledi · SH072025
Cyclone Dikeledi was tracked in the Southern Hemisphere from 2024-12-28 to 2025-01-20 (22 days), peaking at 99 kt (H3) with a minimum pressure of 950 hPa. 217 archived forecasts from ECMWF, ECMWF ENS, GFS, GEFS are verified against its best track; at 48 hours the closest was GEFS, 95 km off on average.
- ATCF ID
- SH072025
- Basin
- Southern Hemisphere
- Tracked
- 2024-12-28 → 2025-01-20 (22 days)
- Peak wind
- 99 kt · 51 m/s · H3
- Minimum pressure
- 950 hPa
- Archived forecasts
- 217
- Sources
- ECMWF · ECMWF ENS · GFS · GEFS
Forecast track error (km)
| Source | 24 h | 48 h | 72 h | 120 h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECMWF ENS | 74 (19) | 128 (15) | 232 (13) | 313 (11) |
| GFS | 66 (21) | 96 (17) | 180 (13) | 688 (12) |
| GEFS | 64 (21) | 95 (17) | 184 (13) | 663 (12) |
Mean great-circle distance to the best track at each lead time, counted while the system was a tropical or subtropical cyclone; the number of cases is in brackets.
Best track
Six-hourly positions of the US best track (JTWC / NHC, one-minute winds); grades on the Saffir–Simpson scale.
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind (kt) | Pressure (hPa) | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-09 18Z | 13.6°S 60.1°E | 39 | 999 | TS |
| 2025-01-10 00Z | 13.6°S 58.6°E | 45 | 996 | TS |
| 2025-01-10 06Z | 13.5°S 57.1°E | 51 | 992 | TS |
| 2025-01-10 12Z | 13.5°S 55.6°E | 51 | 992 | TS |
| 2025-01-10 18Z | 13.3°S 54.2°E | 54 | 994 | TS |
| 2025-01-11 00Z | 13.1°S 52.3°E | 64 | 988 | H1 |
| 2025-01-11 06Z | 12.7°S 51.6°E | 74 | 986 | H1 |
| 2025-01-11 12Z | 12.7°S 50.4°E | 74 | 983 | H1 |
| 2025-01-11 18Z | 12.9°S 49.0°E | 74 | 980 | H1 |
| 2025-01-12 00Z | 13.2°S 47.7°E | 74 | 982 | H1 |
| 2025-01-12 06Z | 13.6°S 46.2°E | 64 | 986 | H1 |
| 2025-01-12 12Z | 14.1°S 44.8°E | 54 | 989 | TS |
| 2025-01-12 18Z | 14.4°S 43.9°E | 70 | 970 | H1 |
| 2025-01-13 00Z | 14.5°S 42.7°E | 70 | 982 | H1 |
| 2025-01-13 06Z | 14.8°S 41.1°E | 70 | 982 | H1 |
| 2025-01-13 12Z | 15.2°S 40.6°E | 84 | 978 | H2 |
| 2025-01-13 18Z | 15.5°S 40.2°E | 70 | 981 | H1 |
| 2025-01-14 00Z | 15.9°S 39.8°E | — | — | — |
| 2025-01-14 06Z | 16.5°S 39.5°E | — | — | — |
| 2025-01-14 12Z | 17.3°S 39.4°E | — | — | — |
| 2025-01-14 18Z | 18.4°S 39.5°E | — | — | — |
| 2025-01-15 00Z | 19.9°S 40.1°E | 60 | 983 | TS |
| 2025-01-15 06Z | 21.7°S 41.1°E | 70 | 970 | H1 |
| 2025-01-15 12Z | 23.6°S 41.7°E | 74 | 965 | H1 |
| 2025-01-15 18Z | 25.7°S 42.3°E | 84 | 963 | H2 |
| 2025-01-16 00Z | 27.5°S 43.3°E | 99 | 951 | H3 |
| 2025-01-16 06Z | 28.9°S 44.7°E | 99 | 950 | H3 |
| 2025-01-16 12Z | 30.6°S 47.0°E | 93 | 956 | H2 |
| 2025-01-16 18Z | 31.8°S 48.9°E | 74 | 979 | H1 |
| 2025-01-17 00Z | 32.9°S 51.6°E | 64 | 979 | H1 |
| 2025-01-17 06Z | 33.7°S 54.8°E | 51 | 989 | TS |
| 2025-01-17 12Z | 34.2°S 58.0°E | 45 | 992 | TS |
| 2025-01-17 18Z | 35.0°S 61.9°E | 45 | 994 | TS |