Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1999 season
Tropical Storm Chikita (1999)
Chikita was a tropical storm of the 1999 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 29, 1999 to February 5, 1999, about 7 days, and covered 3,119 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 3,119 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.1
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 40 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: 2% of the 1999 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.