List of South-West Indian Ocean cyclones before 1900

The following is a list of South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclones before the year 1900, or 20th century.

Storms

1848

On January 11, 1848, the first tropical cyclone on record was observed in the basin.[1]

April 1872 Zanzibar cyclone

On 14th April 1872 there are accounts of a tropical cyclone passing over Zanzibar.[2]

April 1892 Mauritius cyclone

Main article: 1892 Mauritius cyclone

1200 deaths - 50,000 homeless. The most dramatic and the most devastating cyclone in the history of the country. Sugar production fell 42%. A third of the city of Port Louis was destroyed in a few hours.

February 1899 Madagascar cyclone

On February 4, a cyclone hit Vohemar in northeastern Madagascar, producing a minimum pressure of 972 mbar (28.7 inHg).[3]

See also

• South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone
• List of Australian region cyclones before 1900
• Pre-1900 South Pacific cyclone seasons

References

1. Philippe Caroff; et al. (June 2011). Operational procedures of TC satellite analysis at RSMC La Reunion (PDF) (Report). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
2. Msemo, Hellen E.; Finney, Declan L.; Mbuya, Samwel I. (April 2022). "Forgotten accounts of tropical cyclones making landfall in Tanzania" (PDF). Weather. 77 (4): 127–131. Bibcode:2022Wthr...77..127M. doi:10.1002/wea.3921.
3. Longshore, David (12 May 2010). Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438118796 – via Google Books.