Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1997 season
Tropical Storm Fabriola (1997)
Fabriola was a tropical storm of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 25, 1996 to January 11, 1997, about 17 days, and covered 2,683 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 17 days
- Track length
- 2,683 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.0
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
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: 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.