Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.
Cyclone Beryl[]
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration
December 20 – December 28
Peak intensity
130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)
Cyclone Chantal[]
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration
December 30, 1961 – January 7, 1962
Peak intensity
130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)
Cyclone Daisy[]
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration
January 15 – January 22
Peak intensity
140 km/h (85 mph) (1-min)
Tropical Storm Flora[]
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration
January 21 – January 24
Peak intensity
65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)
Tropical Storm Gina[]
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration
February 8 – February 18
Peak intensity
65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)
The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.[1]
Tropical Depression Helene[]
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Duration
February 16 – February 19
Peak intensity
55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min)
Tropical Storm Isabel[]
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration
February 21 – February 24
Peak intensity
65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min)
Existed southeast of Madagascar.
Cyclone Jenny[]
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration
February 26 – March 5
Peak intensity
130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min)
On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of 235 km/h (146 mph).[2][3] On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached 250 km/h (160 mph). Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.[4]
Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.[6]
Other storms[]
A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 19–21. At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°.[7] On January 22, a system named Emily existed briefly west of that general region.[8]
