Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2012 season
Cyclone Ethel (2012)
Ethel was a Category 1 cyclone of the 2012 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 17, 2012 to January 24, 2012, about 7 days, and covered 2,751 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,751 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.7
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 363rd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Honde (2025), Cyclone Chalane (2021), Cyclone Flamboyan (2018) and 23 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: 4% of the 2012 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.