Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1978 season
Tropical Storm Celimene / Sam (1978)
Celimene / Sam was a tropical storm of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 13, 1977 to December 23, 1977, about 10 days, and covered 2,412 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
- Peak wind
- 60 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 2,412 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.0
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 552nd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Elvis (2025), Tropical Storm Candice (2024), Tropical Storm Ashley (2023) and 54 more.
- Lowest pressure: 719th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Eleanor (2024), Tropical Storm Cempaka (2018), Tropical Storm Hilda (2018) and 19 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.