The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December.

These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean.

An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November.

On September 30, the storm made landfall over Sunderbans and dissipated over the state of Bihar by the next day.

It tracked northward, rapidly strengthened until reached a peak of 115 mph winds.