Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1979 season
Unnamed tropical storm 3, 1979 South Indian Ocean
This storm was a tropical storm of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 20, 1978 to December 26, 1978, about 6 days, and covered 1,304 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 1,304 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.7
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 480th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Kanto (2025), Tropical Storm Fezile (2022), Tropical Storm Anika (2022) and 55 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.