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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Val (1991)
4 December 1991 · South Pacific · Category 4
Cyclone Val formed in the South Pacific basin on 4 December 1991 and lasted 13 days. Its sustained winds reached 232 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa. It made landfall in Samoa.
- Formed
- 4 December 1991
- Dissipated
- 17 December 1991
- Duration
- 13 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 232 km/h (125 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 4Samoa232 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Cyclone Fran259 km/h
- Cat. 4Cyclone Esau241 km/h
- Cat. 3Cyclone Wasa194 km/h
- Cat. 2Cyclone Tia176 km/h
- Cat. 2Cyclone Betsy176 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth