Cyclone Claudette:viola path, 1980

What the record says

Claudette:viola was a cyclone in the South-West Indian basin that lasted about 19 days, from 9 December 1979 to 28 December 1979. Its peak was Category 3 (110 kt) on 17 December 1979, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 110 kt (127 mph, 204 km/h). Its lowest recorded pressure was 930 hPa.

• Category 3peak intensity
• 110 ktpeak wind (127 mph)
• 930 hPalowest pressure
• 19 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (southern hemisphere).

It has its own page because it reached category 3 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

• 23 December 1979: Mauritius (70 kt)

A landfall here is the first tropical position over land after time at sea, so it is within about six hours of the real event. The record shows up to 8.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• Mauritius

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.