Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1979 season
Unnamed tropical storm 1, 1979 South Indian Ocean
This storm was a tropical storm of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from November 19, 1978 to November 23, 1978, about 4 days, and covered 1,039 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 4 days
- Track length
- 1,039 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.0
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 712th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Juluka (2026), Tropical Storm Balita (2023), Tropical Storm Jeruto (2020) and 41 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.