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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Amy (1980)
4 January 1980 · South Indian Ocean · Category 4
Cyclone Amy formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 4 January 1980 and lasted 9 days. Its sustained winds reached 213 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 915 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 4 January 1980
- Dissipated
- 13 January 1980
- Duration
- 9 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 213 km/h (115 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 915 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Australia213 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 3Cyclone Claudette:viola204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Dean204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Enid204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Doris:gloria204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Fred194 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Albine185 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Brian185 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Jacinthe185 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth