Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1980 season
Tropical Storm Danitza / Wilf (1980)
Danitza / Wilf was a tropical storm of the 1980 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 23, 1979 to January 2, 1980, about 11 days, and covered 1,998 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 973 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 1,998 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 480th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Kanto (2025), Tropical Storm Fezile (2022), Tropical Storm Anika (2022) and 54 more.
- Lowest pressure: 432nd lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Bakung (2026), Tropical Storm Glenda (2015), Cyclone Evariste (2001) and 9 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1980 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.