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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Joy (1990)
15 December 1990 · South Pacific · Category 2
Cyclone Joy formed in the South Pacific basin on 15 December 1990 and lasted 12 days. Its sustained winds reached 167 km/h, Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa. It made landfall in Australia. It killed at least 6 people.
- Formed
- 15 December 1990
- Dissipated
- 27 December 1990
- Duration
- 12 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 167 km/h (90 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 2
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
- Deaths
- 6
Countries Hit
- TSAustralia74 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone Sina232 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth