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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Elsie (1987)
21 February 1987 · South Indian Ocean · Category 3
Cyclone Elsie formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 21 February 1987 and lasted 6 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 21 February 1987
- Dissipated
- 27 February 1987
- Duration
- 6 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 3Australia185 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- TSTropical Storm Clotilda111 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth