Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1989 season
Tropical Storm John (1989)
John was a tropical storm of the 1989 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 23, 1989 to February 2, 1989, about 10 days, and covered 2,314 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 2,314 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 1.7
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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: 719th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Eleanor (2024), Tropical Storm Cempaka (2018), Tropical Storm Hilda (2018) and 19 more.
- Energy: 1% of the 1989 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.