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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Lam (2015)
15 February 2015 · South Pacific · Category 3
Cyclone Lam formed in the South Pacific basin on 15 February 2015 and lasted 6 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 948 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 15 February 2015
- Dissipated
- 21 February 2015
- Duration
- 6 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 948 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Australia167 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Cyclone Pam278 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Marcia232 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Nathan185 km/h
- TSCyclone Raquel83 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth