1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Cyclone season in the Southwest Indian Ocean SWI 1962 1961-1962 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season summary.jpg December 19, 1961 April 11, 1962 Daisy & Maud 75 1 13 5 51 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64 1961–62 Australian region cyclone season 1961–62 South Pacific cyclone season The 1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a busy cyclone season, lasting from December to April. Systems Tropical Storm Ada SWI Ada 1961 track.png December 19 December 24 35 Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds. Cyclone Beryl SWI Beryl 1961 track.png December 20 December 28 992 70 Cyclone Chantal SWI Chantal 1961 track.png December 30, 1961 January 7, 1962 70 Cyclone Daisy SWI SWI Daisy 1962 track.png January 15 January 22 75 Tropical Storm Flora SWI Flora 1962 track.png January 21 January 24 35 Tropical Storm Gina SWI Gina 1962 track.png February 8 February 18 35 The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.1962036S15064 IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship www.atms.unca.edu Tropical Depression Helene SWI Helene 1962 track.png February 16 February 19 30 Tropical Storm Isabel SWI Isabel 1962 track.png February 21 February 24 35 Existed southeast of Madagascar. Cyclone Jenny SWI Jenny 1962 track.png February 26 March 5 995 70 On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of 235 km/h mph on.Mauritius Meteorological Services List of Historical Cyclones February 4, 2019 http://metservice.intnet.mu/publications/list-of-historical-cyclones.php1962058S14070 IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship www.atms.unca.edu On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached 250 km/h mph on. Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.Le cyclone Jenny a fait basculer La Réunion dans le monde modern March 4, 2012 French Le Dimanche February 20, 2019 http://www.meteo-rdc.net/div/Jenny-JIR20120304.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190221054744/http://www.meteo-rdc.net/div/Jenny-JIR20120304.pdf dead February 21, 2019 PDF Tropical Storm Kate SWI SWI Kate 1962 track.png March 9 March 15 35 Struck eastern Madagascar. Tropical Storm Lucy SWI SWI Lucy 1962 track.png March 17 March 22 35 Passed near St. Brandon.1962077S15072 IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship www.atms.unca.edu Cyclone Maud SWI Maud 1962 track.png March 30 April 11 75 Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.1962089S10077 IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship www.atms.unca.edu Other storms A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 19–21. At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°.1962019S07087 IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship www.atms.unca.edu On January 22, a system named Emily existed briefly west of that general region.1962022S09088 IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship www.atms.unca.edu See also Tropical cyclones Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1961, 1962 Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1961, 1962 Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1961, 1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1961, 1962 References 2 1961 y 1960 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone yes Category:South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons