Hurricane History Map

Mauritius storm history

171 storms have passed within 50 km of Mauritius from 1852 to 2025, 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 Mauritius

The record holds 171 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Mauritius between 1852 and 2025. The busiest month is February, with 53 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 129 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 171storms within 50 km
  • 7major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 18at 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 Mauritius?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression138%
Tropical storm116%
Category 142%
Category 274%
Category 353%
Category 421%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity12975%

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

Mauritius storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 20 in 1940s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1852, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s4
1860s8
1870s5
1880s3
1890s13
1900s15
1910s5
1920s13
1930s14
1940s20
1950s7
1960s13
1970s10
1980s13
1990s11
2000s8
2010s4
2020s5

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 53 in Feb.Jan41Feb53Mar26Apr15May4Jun1Jul0Aug1Sep1Oct1Nov5Dec23
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan41
Feb53
Mar26
Apr15
May4
Jun1
Jul0
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov5
Dec23

Strongest storms near Mauritius

  • Bondo (2007)15 December 2006 to 28 December 2006, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Bella (1991)13 January 1991 to 4 February 1991, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 936 hPa
  • Hollanda (1994)5 February 1994 to 15 February 1994, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 940 hPa
  • Kalunde (2003)3 March 2003 to 17 March 2003, Category 3 (105 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 910 hPa
  • Celine (1979)31 January 1979 to 12 February 1979, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 927 hPa

Most recent storms near Mauritius

  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Gamane (2024)21 March 2024 to 1 April 2024, Tropical depression (28 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 972 hPa
  • Candice (2024)22 January 2024 to 28 January 2024, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 980 hPa
  • Diane (2020)22 January 2020 to 29 January 2020, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 990 hPa
  • Esami (2020)22 January 2020 to 26 January 2020, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 990 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.

Mauritius ranks number 22 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near Mauritius with their own pages

  • Bondo (2007)15 December 2006 to 28 December 2006, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 930 hPa
  • Chido (2025)5 December 2024 to 17 December 2024, peak Category 4 (134 kt), 935 hPa, provisional
  • Bella (1991)13 January 1991 to 4 February 1991, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 936 hPa
  • Hollanda (1994)5 February 1994 to 15 February 1994, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 940 hPa
  • Kalunde (2003)3 March 2003 to 17 March 2003, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 910 hPa
  • Celine (1979)31 January 1979 to 12 February 1979, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 927 hPa
  • Laure (1980)8 March 1980 to 17 March 1980, peak Category 3 (100 kt)
  • Andry (1984)5 December 1983 to 16 December 1983, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 927 hPa
  • Davina (1999)1 March 1999 to 19 March 1999, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 930 hPa
  • Chris:damia (1982)5 January 1982 to 23 January 1982, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 898 hPa
  • Alcide (2019)4 November 2018 to 15 November 2018, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 965 hPa
  • Chantelle:daniella (1997)20 November 1996 to 11 December 1996, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 915 hPa

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