Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1983 season
Tropical Storm Ken (1983)
Ken was a tropical storm of the 1983 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from February 27, 1983 to March 6, 1983, about 7 days, and covered 1,382 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,382 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.5
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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 54 more.
- Lowest pressure: 390th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Riley (2019), Cyclone Carlos (2017), Cyclone Adjali (2015) and 18 more.
- Energy: 9% of the 1983 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.