Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1978 season
Cyclone Fleur (1978)
Fleur was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 16, 1978 to January 23, 1978, about 7 days, and covered 1,763 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 95 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 941 mb.
- Peak wind
- 95 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 941 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,763 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 1.6
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 297th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Angele (1979), Cyclone Benjamine (1979).
- Lowest pressure: 164th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Haleh (2019), Cyclone Dumazile (2018), Cyclone Billy (2009) and 11 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1978 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.