Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1998 season
Cyclone Elsie (1998)
Elsie was a Category 2 cyclone of the 1998 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from March 4, 1998 to March 20, 1998, about 16 days, and covered 2,474 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
- Peak wind
- 105 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 cyclone
- Duration
- 16 days
- Track length
- 2,474 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 7.6
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 242nd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Belal (2024), Cyclone Megan (2024), Cyclone Charlotte (2022) and 27 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: 11% of the 1998 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.