Cyclone Freddy holds the record for the all-time highest accumulated cyclone energy of a tropical cyclone in the Southern hemisphere, with an ACE of 69.0, breaking the former record of 53, set by Cyclone Fantala in 2016. Additionally, Freddy was the first tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere to undergo four separate rounds of rapid intensification, which occurred due to repeated bursts of wind shear that weakened the storm and then subsided. Freddy was one of only four systems to traverse the entirety of the southern Indian Ocean from east to west; the others were cyclones Litanne in 1994 and Leon–Eline and Hudah in 2000 and the longest-lived storm in the southern hemisphere of 30 days since Leon-Eline of 29 days. Freddy is close to beating Leon–Eline for the longest-lived storm in the SHEM, and to beating John for the longest-lived storm on record!
