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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Max (1981)
9 March 1981 · South Pacific · Category 3
Cyclone Max formed in the South Pacific basin on 9 March 1981 and lasted 9 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 960 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 9 March 1981
- Dissipated
- 19 March 1981
- Duration
- 9 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 960 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSAustralia56 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth