Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2018 season
Cyclone Fakir (2018)
Fakir was a Category 1 cyclone of the 2018 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from April 20, 2018 to April 26, 2018, about 6 days, and covered 2,213 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 2,213 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 323rd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Enala (2023), Cyclone Alicia (2021), Cyclone Seroja (2021) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 570th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Ialy (2024), Cyclone Enala (2023), Cyclone Eliakim (2018) and 18 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 2018 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.