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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Thelma (1998)
1 December 1998 · South Pacific · Category 4
Cyclone Thelma formed in the South Pacific basin on 1 December 1998 and lasted 14 days. Its sustained winds reached 250 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 920 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 1 December 1998
- Dissipated
- 15 December 1998
- Duration
- 14 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 250 km/h (135 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 920 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Australia213 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Cyclone Dani213 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth