Hurricane History Map

French Southern and Antarctic Lands storm history

175 storms have passed within 50 km of French Southern and Antarctic Lands from 1862 to 2025, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near French Southern and Antarctic Lands

The record holds 175 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of French Southern and Antarctic Lands between 1862 and 2025. The busiest month is February, with 48 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 110 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 175storms within 50 km
  • 7major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 14at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near French Southern and Antarctic Lands?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression2213%
Tropical storm2917%
Category 142%
Category 232%
Category 332%
Category 442%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity11063%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (southern hemisphere).

French Southern and Antarctic Lands storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 19 in 1970s.1860s1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1862, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1860s3
1870s2
1880s7
1890s11
1900s9
1910s9
1920s4
1930s12
1940s7
1950s12
1960s14
1970s19
1980s17
1990s11
2000s18
2010s8
2020s12

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 48 in Feb.Jan45Feb48Mar34Apr13May2Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov4Dec27
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan45
Feb48
Mar34
Apr13
May2
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov4
Dec27

Strongest storms near French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  • Hudah (2000)22 March 2000 to 9 April 2000, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 905 hPa
  • Andry (1984)5 December 1983 to 16 December 1983, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 927 hPa
  • Erinesta (1986)29 January 1986 to 11 February 1986, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 927 hPa
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Honorinina (1986)7 March 1986 to 23 March 1986, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 941 hPa
  • Idai (2019)4 March 2019 to 16 March 2019, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 940 hPa

Most recent storms near French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  • Jude (2025)4 March 2025 to 18 March 2025, Tropical storm (51 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 972 hPa, provisional
  • Honde (2025)21 February 2025 to 7 March 2025, Tropical storm (34 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 969 hPa, provisional
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Belal (2024)11 January 2024 to 23 January 2024, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 968 hPa
  • Freddy (2023)4 February 2023 to 14 March 2023, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

French Southern and Antarctic Lands ranks number 21 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near French Southern and Antarctic Lands with their own pages

  • Hudah (2000)22 March 2000 to 9 April 2000, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 905 hPa
  • Andry (1984)5 December 1983 to 16 December 1983, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 927 hPa
  • Erinesta (1986)29 January 1986 to 11 February 1986, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 927 hPa
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Honorinina (1986)7 March 1986 to 23 March 1986, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 941 hPa
  • Idai (2019)4 March 2019 to 16 March 2019, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 940 hPa
  • Jokwe (2008)2 March 2008 to 16 March 2008, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 940 hPa
  • Ivan (2008)5 February 2008 to 27 February 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Doaza (1988)21 January 1988 to 1 February 1988, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 954 hPa
  • Herold (2020)12 March 2020 to 21 March 2020, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 955 hPa
  • Bonita (1996)31 December 1995 to 15 January 1996, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 920 hPa
  • Gerry (2003)5 February 2003 to 18 February 2003, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 940 hPa

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