Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1972 season
Tropical Storm Gigi / Tessie (1972)
Gigi / Tessie was a tropical storm of the 1972 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from February 20, 1972 to March 1, 1972, about 10 days, and covered 3,460 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 3,460 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 712th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Juluka (2026), Tropical Storm Balita (2023), Tropical Storm Jeruto (2020) and 40 more.
- Lowest pressure: 215th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Dikeledi (2025), Cyclone Cheneso (2023), Cyclone Irondro (2020) and 21 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1972 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.