Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1978 season
Tropical Storm Esther (1978)
Esther was a tropical storm of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 28, 1977 to January 2, 1978, about 5 days, and covered 1,599 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
- Peak wind
- 50 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 1,599 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 708th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Iana (1989), Tropical Storm Gabrielle (1982).
- Lowest pressure: 597th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Juluka (2026), Tropical Storm Candice (2024), Tropical Storm Filipo (2024) and 22 more.
- Energy: 0% of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.