Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1978 season
Tropical Storm Babette (1978)
Babette was a tropical storm of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 3, 1977 to December 10, 1977, about 7 days, and covered 1,400 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 991 mb.
- Peak wind
- 40 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,400 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.1
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 782nd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Benandro (1988), Tropical Storm Bemazava (1987), Tropical Storm Alifredy (1986) and 10 more.
- Lowest pressure: 761st lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Dianne (2025), Tropical Storm Lincoln (2024), Tropical Storm Esami (2020) and 26 more.
- Energy: 0% of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.