1973–74 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Systems

Moderate Tropical Storm Alice

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Alice was born around 80E, and reached its greatest intensity (Phase C plus) on September 20 to the north of Tromelin. but has resulted in some light to moderate rain over extreme northeastern Madagascar between 21 and 23, the winds not exceeding 55 km / h in the region of Diego-Suarez.

Tropical Cyclone Bernadette

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Bernadette, more active than before, has reached the stage of a tropical cyclone in the strict sense of the international classification, in the 26th October (minimum pressure estimated of 985 mb), moderate rainfall strong enough of have been recorded on the extreme north of Madagascar and off the cape of Amber, a boat noted a peak wind of 139 km/h.

Moderate Tropical Storm Christiane

|10-min winds=40 |1-min winds=50 Moderate Tropical Storm Christian existed from December 13 to December 21.

Intense Tropical Cyclone Deidre–Delinda

|10-min winds=110 |1-min winds=90 Tropical Cyclone Deidre-Delinda existed from December 26, 1973, to January 4, 1974.

Moderate Tropical Storm Esmeralda

|10-min winds=45 |1-min winds=40 Moderate Tropical Storm Esmeralda existed from December 30, 1973, to January 5, 1974. The storm looped to the southeast of Madagascar, bringing several days of rainfall to Réunion, reaching 222.2 mm.

Tropical Disturbance Fredegonde

|10-min winds=25 |1-min winds=30 Tropical Disturbance Fredegonde existed from January 19 to January 23.

Tropical Cyclone Ghislaine

|10-min winds=80 |1-min winds=45 Moderate Tropical Storm Ghislaine existed from February 24 to March 3.

Severe Tropical Storm Honorine

|10-min winds=50 |1-min winds=40 Moderate Tropical Storm Honorine existed from April 12 to April 23.

Season effects

|- | Alice || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|40 kn || bgcolor=#|1000 hPa || Madagascar || || || |- | Bernadette || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|80 kn || bgcolor=#|985 hPa || None || || || |- | Christiane || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|40 kn || bgcolor=#|995 hPa || None || || || |- | Deidre–Delinda || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|110 kn || bgcolor=#|965 hPa || None || || || |- | Esmeralda || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|45 kn || gcolor=#|995 hPa || None || || || |- | Fredegonde || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|25 kn || bgcolor=#|1005 hPa || None || || || |- | Ghislaine || || bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|80 kn || bgcolor=#|985 hPa || None || || || |- | Honorine || || b bgcolor=#| || bgcolor=#|50 kn || bgcolor=#|998 hPa || None || || || |-

References

References

1. "LA SAISON CYCLONIQUE 1973-1974".
2. (1996). ["Tropical Storm Esmerelda, 31 December 1973-6 January 1974"]({{GTECCA url). National Climatic Data Center.
3. (1989). "Saison 1973-1974 des perturbations tropicales dans l'océan indien du sud-ouest". Météorologie Maritime.