Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1998 season
Cyclone Gemma (1998)
Gemma was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1998 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from April 6, 1998 to April 16, 1998, about 11 days, and covered 1,192 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 1,192 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 8.1
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 363rd highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Honde (2025), Cyclone Chalane (2021), Cyclone Flamboyan (2018) and 23 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: 12% of the 1998 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.