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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Felix (1980)
22 December 1980 · South Indian Ocean · Category 3
Cyclone Felix formed in the South Indian Ocean basin on 22 December 1980 and lasted 9 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 Indonesia.
- Formed
- 22 December 1980
- Dissipated
- 31 December 1980
- Duration
- 9 days
- Basin
- South Indian Ocean
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSIndonesia65 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone Olga222 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Carol204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Mabel204 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Adelaide:alice194 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Florine194 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Neil194 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth