Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1974 season
Cyclone Dalida / Deidre / Delid (1974)
Dalida / Deidre / Delid was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1974 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 20, 1973 to January 6, 1974, about 17 days, and covered 4,228 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 17 days
- Track length
- 4,228 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.5
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 300th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Bakung (2026), Cyclone Jude (2025), Cyclone Hidaya (2024) and 19 more.
- Lowest pressure: 345th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Elvis (2025), Cyclone Lorna (2019), Cyclone Billy (1999) and 8 more.
- Energy: 21% of the 1974 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.