Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1972 season
Tropical Storm Belinda (1972)
Belinda was a tropical storm of the 1972 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from March 20, 1972 to March 29, 1972, about 9 days, and covered 1,518 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
- Peak wind
- 40 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 1,518 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 796th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Awo (2026), Tropical Storm Blossom (2026), Tropical Storm Bohale (2016) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 524th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Clare (2006), Tropical Storm Gerard (2005), Tropical Storm Luma (2003) and 23 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1972 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.