2000 - Cyclone Hudah(pictured) reached peak strength with 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) just before striking
Madagascar. Hudah killed 114 people across southeastern Africa.
April 2
2000 - Cyclone Tessi(pictured) hit the
Queensland coast to the north of
Townsville, causing torrential rainfall, floods, and landsildes.
April 3
1995 - Cyclone Marlene reached peak intensity with winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) and a barometric pressure of 920 hPa.
2007 - Cyclone Jaya(pictured) made landfall over in Sambava,
Madagascar, causing one death.
April 4
1978 - Cyclone Alby passed close to the southwestern coast of
Western Australia, killing 5 people and causing $39 million worth of damage along the coastline.
2003 - Cyclone Inigo(pictured) became one of the
most intense tropical cyclone in the Australian region when it reached Category 5 cyclone intensity, with 10 minute sustained winds of 230 km/h (145 mph) and a pressure of 900 mbar. Inigo earlier caused floods in
Indonesia that killed 58 people.
April 5
1967 - Typhoon Violet reached its peak intensity with 220
km/h (140
mph) winds in the
Philippine Sea. Violet hit northern
Luzon a few days later, causing minimal damage.
2009 - Cyclone Jade(pictured) intensifies into a tropical storm just few hours before making landfall in
Madagascar.
2020 - Cyclone Harold(pictured) reaches peak intensity as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone while passing
Vanuatu. Harold caused 30 deaths along with estimated damages of US$123.5 million.
April 7
1982 - Cyclone Dominic made landfall on the northwestern coast of
Queensland, Australia. Dominic caused at least $3.6 million of damage, mostly in the
Darwin area.
1999 - Cyclone Gwenda(pictured), as a Category 2 cyclone, makes landfall over
Port Hedland, Western Australia after it reached peak of 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph).
April 8
1979 - Cyclone Idylle remains active in the eastern side of the South-West Indian Ocean basin, just before reaching peak strength and entering the Australian region basin.
1984 - Cyclone Kamisy(pictured) reaches peak intensity as an Intense tropical cyclone, just before brushing the northern part of
Madagascar and was dubbed as the worst storm to hit the country since 1911. Kamisy killed 69 people and caused 810 billion
Ariary in damages (about US$250 million).
April 9,
1998 - Tropical Storm Gemma attains peak strength over the South-West Indian Ocean, with winds of 85 km/h (50 mph), according to the MFR. The JTWC, however, classified Gemma's peak as a Category 1 tropical cyclone two days later.
2005 - Cyclone Juliet(pictured) reaches peak strength, with 10-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph) and a minimum central pressure of 905 hPa (mbar).
2003 - Subtropical Storm Luma reaches peak strength as a subtropical storm with winds of 130 km/h (80 mph) in the extremely southern portion of the Indian Ocean basin.
2004 - Typhoon Sudal(pictured) reaches peak strength as a Category 4 super typhoon as it destroyed 90% of crops in
Micronesia.
2014 - Cyclone Ita reaches peak strength of 10-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph), killing a total of 40 people and damages up to US$1.15 billion.
April 12
1983 - Cyclone Veena(pictured) reaches peak strength as a Category 3 cyclone over in the extreme Southeastern Pacific of the basin with a minimum pressure of 925 hPa.
1985 - Cyclone Gretel passed directly over
Darwin causing extensive damage but no fatalities. Gretel inflicted a total of $3.5 million worth of damage.
1986 - Cyclone Martin(pictured) slowly weakens from a severe tropical cyclone after affecting
Fiji.
April 15
1952 - A cyclone in Tanzania became the strongest ever landfall in the country, causing 34 fatalities.
2000 - Cyclone Neil(pictured) reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 992
hPa (
mbar). Neil brought heavy rains to
Fiji.
2009 - Cyclone Bijli becomes a named storm over in the
Bay of Bengal. Bijli later killed a total of 7 people.
April 16
1978 - Cyclone Hal starts becoming extratropical while it affects
New Zealand from a severe tropical cyclone.
2016 - While moving through the
Seychelles, Cyclone Fantala became the strongest recorded tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean, with 10-minute winds of 255 km/h (155 mph).
2021 - Typhoon Surigae(pictured) reaches peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 895 hPa, making it the strongest Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone to form before the month of May.
1997 - Typhoon Isa(pictured) reached its peak intensity with winds of 270
km/h (165
mph) to the west of the
Mariana Islands. Isa passed south of
Guam, where it caused beneficial rainfall.
2017 - Tropical Storm Arlene intensifies from a subtropical depression, making it one of only two systems in the Atlantic to form in the month of April.
April 21
1992 - A subtropical storm developed to the southeast of
Bermuda. This system was never classified as a tropical system.
1998 - Cyclone Alan moved through
French Polynesia, causing ten deaths, mostly related to landslides from its heavy rainfall.
2019 - Cyclone Kenneth(pictured) became the strongest recorded tropical cyclone to strike
Mozambique, hitting the northeastern portion of the country with 1 minute winds of 220 km/h (140 mph). Kenneth killed 52 people along its path through the
Comoros and southeast Africa.
April 26
1976 - Cyclone Watorea(pictured) reached peak intensity while nearing
Queensland, before rapidly moving to the southeast, as it exited the basin and affected
New Zealand.
1973 - An unnamed cyclone, sometimes called Cyclone Flores, rapidly strengthened into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone in the
Banda Sea of
Indonesia. The storm killed 1,653 people, becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone recorded in the
Southern Hemisphere.
2006 - Cyclone Mala(pictured) reached its peak intensity, with a minimum central pressure of 954
hPa (
mbar) in the
Bay of Bengal. Mala struck
Burma soon after, killing 22 people.
April 29
1892 - A cyclone struck
Mauritius with gusts to 216 km/h (134 mph); much of the island was destroyed, with 1,200 fatalities and 50,000 people left homeless.
2014 - Typhoon Tapah reached peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of 130 km/h (80 mph) while affecting the
Mariana Islands.
April 30
1982 - Cyclone Karla(pictured) reaches peak strength as a Category 3 Intense tropical cyclone with a barometric pressure of 927 mbar over in the
Indian Ocean.