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Tropical Cyclone
Cyclone Winifred (1986)
27 January 1986 · South Pacific · Category 2
Cyclone Winifred formed in the South Pacific basin on 27 January 1986 and lasted 10 days. Its sustained winds reached 167 km/h, Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 957 hPa. It made landfall in Australia.
- Formed
- 27 January 1986
- Dissipated
- 5 February 1986
- Duration
- 10 days
- Basin
- South Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 167 km/h (90 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 2
- Minimum Pressure
- 957 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Australia157 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 1Cyclone Namu148 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth