1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons

1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	1940
Last system dissipated	1949
Seasonal statistics
Depressions	46
Total fatalities	7,500+
Total damage	Unknown
North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone seasons 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960

The years between 1940 and 1949 featured the 1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The North Indian tropical cyclone season has no bounds, but they tend to form between April and December, peaks in May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. Below are the most significant cyclones in the time period. Because much of the North Indian coastline is near sea level and prone to flooding, these cyclones can easily kill many with storm surge and flooding. These cyclones are among the deadliest on earth in terms of numbers killed. On 27 April 1949, India Meteorological Department (IMD) became a member of the World Meteorological Organization after independence.^[1]