Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1974 season
Cyclone Ines (1974)
Ines was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1974 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from November 17, 1973 to November 25, 1973, about 8 days, and covered 1,594 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 970 mb.
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 1,594 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.8
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 300th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Bakung (2026), Cyclone Jude (2025), Cyclone Hidaya (2024) and 19 more.
- Lowest pressure: 390th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Riley (2019), Cyclone Carlos (2017), Cyclone Adjali (2015) and 18 more.
- Energy: 23% of the 1974 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.