Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1997 season
Tropical Storm Elvina (1997)
Elvina was a tropical storm of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 3, 1996 to December 16, 1996, about 13 days, and covered 2,430 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 13 days
- Track length
- 2,430 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.2
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
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: 624th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Jasmine (2022), Cyclone Chalane (2021), Tropical Storm Diane (2020) and 24 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.