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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Claudette:viola (1979)
9 December 1979 · South Indian Ocean · Category 3
Cyclone Claudette:viola formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 9 December 1979 and lasted 19 days. Its sustained winds reached 204 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 930 hPa. It made landfall in Mauritius.
- Formed
- 9 December 1979
- Dissipated
- 28 December 1979
- Duration
- 19 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 204 km/h (110 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 930 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Mauritius130 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone Amy213 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