Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1997 season
Cyclone Iletta (1997)
Iletta was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 17, 1997 to January 30, 1997, about 12 days, and covered 1,152 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 12 days
- Track length
- 1,152 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 5.4
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 323rd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Enala (2023), Cyclone Alicia (2021), Cyclone Seroja (2021) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 457th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Jude (2025), Tropical Storm Fezile (2022), Tropical Storm Terri (2001) and 12 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.