Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1978 season
Tropical Storm Brenda (1978)
Brenda was a tropical storm of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from April 5, 1978 to April 14, 1978, about 9 days, and covered 1,307 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 1,307 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 615th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Iggy (2026), Tropical Storm Faida (2025), Tropical Storm Dianne (2025) and 61 more.
- Lowest pressure: 719th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Eleanor (2024), Tropical Storm Cempaka (2018), Tropical Storm Hilda (2018) and 19 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.