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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Elaine (1999)
15 March 1999 · South Indian Ocean · Category 3
Cyclone Elaine formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 15 March 1999 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 945 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 15 March 1999
- Dissipated
- 20 March 1999
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 945 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSAustralia56 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Cyclone Evrina:frederic259 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Gwenda241 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Vance232 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Davina204 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth