1888 Arabian Sea cyclone

The cyclonic storm had formed in the Arabian Sea and later moved northeastwards before making landfall on the Kathiawar coast.

By 8 AM on the 1 November, the centre lay in Latitude 13° 30' N and Longitude 79° E its rate of motion since crossing the coast having been not more than 8 miles per hour.

The western was probably a cyclonic storm developed under the favourable conditions noticed above the eastern depression probably represented effect due to the westward transmission of the general originating out of the storm which passed Madras on the evening the 31 October and its absorption into the area of previously existing in the Arabian Sea.

The centre still lay Latitude 16° N and Longitude 68° 30' E. On the 7 November, the observations apparently that the depression had moved a little distance westward but later in the day the centre commenced to travel northward by midnight had reached Latitude 17° 45' N. Stormy weather and a circulation was experienced by the few ships in the neighbourhood the disturbance.

Later in the day (4 PM) the increased quickly on the Kathiawar coast and during the night with the force of a gale.