Storm history › South Pacific › 1979 season
Cyclone Gordon (1979)
Gordon was a Category 1 cyclone of the 1979 South Pacific season. It was tracked from January 2, 1979 to January 12, 1979, about 10 days, and covered 2,717 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 965 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 965 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 cyclone
- Duration
- 10 days
- Track length
- 2,717 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 9.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 184th highest of 671 South Pacific storms on record, tied with Cyclone Mal (2024), Cyclone Sarai (2020), Cyclone Oma (2019) and 18 more.
- Lowest pressure: 192nd lowest of 844 South Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Owen (2019), Cyclone Rachel (1997), Cyclone Evan (1997) and 24 more.
- Energy: 10% of the 1979 South Pacific season's ACE.