Eight tropical cyclones formed in the South Pacific and southeast Indian Ocean during the 1994-95 season, well below the long-term averages for the two basins. The 1994-95 summer monsoon was generally less well developed than normal as El Niño conditions peaked during early summer then dissipated during 1995. Above average sea-surface temperatures across most of the tropical Pacific contributed to above average tropical convection east of the date-line early in the season. The distribution of cyclone genesis was linked with active phases of the intraseasonal oscillation in most cases. Six of the season’s cyclones formed in Australian longitudes (115°E-160°E) and two in the South Pacific, one well east of the date-line.
Shepherd et al. (Sun,) studied this question.