Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1979 season
Cyclone Benjamine (1979)
Benjamine was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 3, 1979 to January 14, 1979, about 11 days, and covered 2,198 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 95 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 941 mb.
- Peak wind
- 95 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 2,198 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.0
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 297th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Angele (1979), Cyclone Fleur (1978).
- Lowest pressure: 164th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Haleh (2019), Cyclone Dumazile (2018), Cyclone Billy (2009) and 11 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.