Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2001 season
Cyclone Bindu (2001)
Bindu was a Category 3 cyclone of the 2001 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 3, 2001 to January 22, 2001, about 19 days, and covered 3,852 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 955 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 cyclone
- Duration
- 19 days
- Track length
- 3,852 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 19.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 187th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Gombe (2022), Cyclone Marian (2021), Cyclone Ferdinand (2020) and 29 more.
- Lowest pressure: 271st lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Belna (2020), Cyclone Dera (2001), Cyclone Alison (1999) and 10 more.
- Energy: 22% of the 2001 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.