Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2020 season
Cyclone Ambali (2020)
Ambali was a Category 5 cyclone of the 2020 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 3, 2019 to December 9, 2019, about 6 days, and covered 966 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
- 6 days
- Track length
- 966 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 8.8
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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 Ernie (2017), Cyclone Bansi (2015), Cyclone Eunice (2015) and 2 more.
- Energy: 10% of the 2020 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.