Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2020 season
Cyclone Herold (2020)
Herold was a Category 3 cyclone of the 2020 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from March 12, 2020 to March 21, 2020, about 9 days, and covered 2,440 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 960 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 cyclone
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 2,440 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 10.8
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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: 303rd lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Megan (2024), Cyclone Guambe (2021), Cyclone Selwyn (1998) and 11 more.
- Energy: 12% of the 2020 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.