Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 2017 season
Tropical Storm Abela (2017)
Abela was a tropical storm of the 2017 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from July 12, 2016 to July 20, 2016, about 8 days, and covered 1,962 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 982 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 982 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 8 days
- Track length
- 1,962 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.7
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: 570th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Ialy (2024), Cyclone Enala (2023), Cyclone Eliakim (2018) and 18 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 2017 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.