Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1988 season
Tropical Storm Herbie (1988)
Herbie was a tropical storm of the 1988 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from May 17, 1988 to May 21, 1988, about 5 days, and covered 3,122 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
- Peak wind
- 60 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 3,122 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 552nd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Elvis (2025), Tropical Storm Candice (2024), Tropical Storm Ashley (2023) and 54 more.
- Lowest pressure: 570th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Ialy (2024), Cyclone Enala (2023), Cyclone Eliakim (2018) and 18 more.
- Energy: 0% of the 1988 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.