Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2015 season
Cyclone Bansi (2015)
Bansi was a Category 5 cyclone of the 2015 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 8, 2015 to January 19, 2015, about 11 days, and covered 3,297 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 918 mb.
Its peak winds rank 5th of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record.
- Peak wind
- 160 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb
- Strongest
- Category 5 cyclone
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 3,297 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 31.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 5th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Djoungou (2024), Cyclone Freddy (2023), Cyclone Faraji (2021) and 13 more.
- Lowest pressure: 29th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Ambali (2020), Cyclone Ernie (2017), Cyclone Eunice (2015) and 2 more.
- Energy: 24% of the 2015 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.