Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1981 season
Cyclone Adelaide / Alice (1981)
Adelaide / Alice was a Category 3 cyclone of the 1981 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from November 3, 1980 to November 14, 1980, about 11 days, and covered 2,759 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 120 mph (195 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 940 mb.
- Peak wind
- 120 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 cyclone
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 2,759 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 14.4
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 163rd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Garance (2025), Cyclone Fabien (2023), Cyclone Belna (2020) and 20 more.
- Lowest pressure: 150th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Dudzai (2026), Cyclone Vernon (2022), Cyclone Funani (2019) and 8 more.
- Energy: 12% of the 1981 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.