Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1987 season
Tropical Storm Elsie (1987)
Elsie was a tropical storm of the 1987 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from February 21, 1987 to February 27, 1987, about 6 days, and covered 1,156 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 940 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 1,156 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.7
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 441st highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Chenge (2026), Tropical Storm Eleanor (2024), Tropical Storm Karim (2022) and 35 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: 6% of the 1987 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.