Hurricane History Map

Mozambique storm history

99 storms have passed within 50 km of Mozambique from 1858 to 2026, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

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 Mozambique

The record holds 99 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Mozambique between 1858 and 2026. The busiest month is January, with 24 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 45 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 99storms within 50 km
  • 8major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 24at 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 Mozambique?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1818%
Tropical storm1212%
Category 199%
Category 277%
Category 355%
Category 433%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity4545%

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

Mozambique storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 15 in 2020s.1850s21900s51930s51940s31950s111960s101970s91980s91990s82000s132010s92020s15

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1858, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s2
1900s5
1930s5
1940s3
1950s11
1960s10
1970s9
1980s9
1990s8
2000s13
2010s9
2020s15

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 24 in Jan.Jan24Feb24Mar20Apr8May1Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov4Dec18
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan24
Feb24
Mar20
Apr8
May1
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov4
Dec18

Strongest storms near Mozambique

  • Kenneth (2019)21 April 2019 to 28 April 2019, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 934 hPa
  • Eline:leone (2000)1 February 2000 to 29 February 2000, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 930 hPa
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Jokwe (2008)2 March 2008 to 16 March 2008, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 940 hPa
  • Favio (2007)11 February 2007 to 23 February 2007, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 925 hPa
  • Idai (2019)4 March 2019 to 16 March 2019, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 940 hPa

Most recent storms near Mozambique

  • Gezani (2026)4 February 2026 to 21 February 2026, Category 2 (93 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (109 kt), 952 hPa, provisional
  • Jude (2025)4 March 2025 to 18 March 2025, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 972 hPa, provisional
  • Dikeledi (2025)28 December 2024 to 20 January 2025, Category 2 (84 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (99 kt), 947 hPa, provisional
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Filipo (2024)1 March 2024 to 15 March 2024, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 983 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.

Notable storms near Mozambique with their own pages

  • Kenneth (2019)21 April 2019 to 28 April 2019, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 934 hPa
  • Eline:leone (2000)1 February 2000 to 29 February 2000, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 930 hPa
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Jokwe (2008)2 March 2008 to 16 March 2008, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 940 hPa
  • Favio (2007)11 February 2007 to 23 February 2007, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 925 hPa
  • Idai (2019)4 March 2019 to 16 March 2019, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 940 hPa
  • Gombe (2022)6 March 2022 to 17 March 2022, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 955 hPa
  • Freddy (2023)4 February 2023 to 14 March 2023, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Japhet (2003)24 February 2003 to 5 March 2003, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 935 hPa
  • Gezani (2026)4 February 2026 to 21 February 2026, peak Category 3 (109 kt), 952 hPa, provisional
  • Hudah (2000)22 March 2000 to 9 April 2000, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 905 hPa
  • Dikeledi (2025)28 December 2024 to 20 January 2025, peak Category 3 (99 kt), 947 hPa, provisional

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