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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Ted (1976)
15 December 1976 · South Pacific · Category 3
Cyclone Ted formed in the South Pacific basin on 15 December 1976 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 185 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 945 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 15 December 1976
- Dissipated
- 21 December 1976
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 185 km/h (100 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 945 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Australia167 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth