2025–26 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
| 2025–26 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season | |
|---|---|
| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | None yet |
| Last system dissipated | Season not started |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total disturbances | 0 |
| Total depressions | 0 |
| Total storms | 0 |
| Tropical cyclones | 0 |
| Intense tropical cyclones | 0 |
| Very intense tropical cyclones | 0 |
| Total fatalities | 0 |
| Total damage | $0,000 (2026 USD) |
| Related articles | |
The 2025–26 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season is an upcoming event of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone and subtropical cyclone formation. It begins on 15 November 2025, and will end on 30 April 2026, with the exception for Mauritius and the Seychelles, for which it will end on 15 May 2026. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical and subtropical cyclones form in the basin, which is west of 90°E and south of the Equator. However, tropical cyclones can form year-round, and all tropical cyclones that will form between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026 will be part of the season. Tropical and subtropical cyclones in this basin are monitored by the Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre in Réunion and unofficially by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Storm names
[edit]Within the South-West Indian Ocean, tropical depressions and subtropical depressions that are judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph) by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center on Réunion island, France (RSMC La Réunion) are usually assigned a name. However, it is the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centers in Mauritius and Madagascar who name the systems. The Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Center (Mauritius Meteorological Services) in Mauritius names a storm if it intensifies into a moderate tropical storm between 55°E and 90°E. If instead a cyclone intensifies into a moderate tropical storm between 30°E and 55°E then the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Center (Meteo Madagascar) in Madagascar assigns the appropriate name to the storm. Storm names are taken from three pre-determined lists of names, which rotate on a triennial basis, with any names that have been used automatically removed. New names this season are: Awo, Blossom, Chenge, Dudzai, Ewetse, and Fytia. They replaced Ashley, Balita, Cheneso, Dingani, Enala, Fabien during the 2022–23 season.[1]
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Season effects
[edit]This table lists all of the tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones that were monitored during the 2025–2026 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season. Information on their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, primarily comes from RSMC La Réunion. Death and damage reports come from either press reports or the relevant national disaster management agency while the damage totals are given in 2025 or 2026 USD.
| Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | Refs | ||
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| Category | Wind speed | Pressure
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| 0 systems | Season Not Started | 0 km/h (0 mph) | 0 hPa (0 inHg) | None | None | |||
See also
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- Weather of 2025 and 2026
- List of Southern Hemisphere cyclone seasons
- Tropical cyclones in 2025 and 2026
- Atlantic hurricane seasons: 2025, 2026
- Pacific hurricane seasons: 2025, 2026
- Pacific typhoon seasons: 2025, 2026
- North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 2025, 2026
- 2025–26 Australian region cyclone season
- 2025–26 South Pacific cyclone season
References
[edit]- ^ RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee (2023). Tropical Cyclone Operational Plan for the South-West Indian Ocean (PDF) (Report). World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-02.