Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1979 season
Tropical Storm Ivan (1979)
Ivan was a tropical storm of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from March 16, 1979 to March 21, 1979, about 5 days, and covered 1,136 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 988 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 988 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 1,136 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 441st highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Chenge (2026), Tropical Storm Eleanor (2024), Tropical Storm Karim (2022) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 684th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Robyn (2025), Tropical Storm Paddy (2022), Tropical Storm Dahlia (2018) and 11 more.
- Energy: 7% of the 1979 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.