| Basin: | SWI |
| Year: | 1962 |
| Track: | 1961-1962 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season summary.jpg |
| First Storm Formed: | December 19, 1961 |
| Last Storm Dissipated: | April 11, 1962 |
| Strongest Storm Name: | Daisy & Maud |
| Strongest Storm Winds: | 75 |
| Average Wind Speed: | 1 |
| Total Depressions: | 13 |
| Total Hurricanes: | 5 |
| Fatalities: | 51 |
| Five Seasons: | 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64 |
| Australian Season: | 1961–62 Australian region cyclone season |
| South Pacific Season: | 1961–62 South Pacific cyclone season |
The 1961–62 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a busy cyclone season, lasting from December to April.
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Ada 1961 track.png |
| Formed: | December 19 |
| Dissipated: | December 24 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 35 |
Ada lasted for 5 days and made landfall in Madagascar. Its peak intensity was 40 mph, or 65 km/h, in 1-minute maximum sustained winds.
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Beryl 1961 track.png |
| Formed: | December 20 |
| Dissipated: | December 28 |
| Pressure: | 992 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 70 |
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Chantal 1961 track.png |
| Formed: | December 30, 1961 |
| Dissipated: | January 7, 1962 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 70 |
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | SWI Daisy 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | January 15 |
| Dissipated: | January 22 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 75 |
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Flora 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | January 21 |
| Dissipated: | January 24 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 35 |
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Gina 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | February 8 |
| Dissipated: | February 18 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 35 |
The storm struck Madagascar and moved across the island, later crossing the Mozambique Channel and striking eastern Mozambique. The storm recurved to the east, passing south of Madagascar.[1]
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Helene 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | February 16 |
| Dissipated: | February 19 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 30 |
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Isabel 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | February 21 |
| Dissipated: | February 24 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 35 |
Existed southeast of Madagascar.
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Jenny 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | February 26 |
| Dissipated: | March 5 |
| Pressure: | 995 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 70 |
On February 26, Cyclone Jenny was first observed to the northeast of Rodrigues. The storm moved west-southwestward between Rodrigues and St. Brandon. On February 28, Jenny passed about 30 km (20 mi) north of Mauritius, where the storm produced wind gusts of 235km/h.[2] [3] On the island, the storm killed 17 people and left thousands of people homeless. Later on February 28, the storm struck Réunion, killing 36 people; wind gusts at the Roland Garros Airport reached 250km/h. Jenny destroyed 3,851 homes on Réunion and severely damaged another 2,619, many of them wooden, leaving about 20,000 people homeless. The storm also destroyed crops, and wrecked about 80% of the island's telephone lines. After the close succession of Carol and Jenny, officials rebuilt most homes with concrete to withstand future storms.[4]
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | SWI Kate 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | March 9 |
| Dissipated: | March 15 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 35 |
Struck eastern Madagascar.
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | SWI Lucy 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | March 17 |
| Dissipated: | March 22 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 35 |
Passed near St. Brandon.[5]
| Basin: | SWI |
| Track: | Maud 1962 track.png |
| Formed: | March 30 |
| Dissipated: | April 11 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 75 |
Existed south of Diego Garcia and executed a loop at the end of its track.[6]
A tropical depression briefly existed in the northeast portion of the basin from January 19 - 21. At the time, it was part of the neighboring Australian basin, east of 80°.[7] On January 22, a system named Emily existed briefly west of that general region.[8]