Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1980 season
Cyclone Albine (1980)
Albine was a Category 3 cyclone of the 1980 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from November 25, 1979 to December 6, 1979, about 11 days, and covered 2,654 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 3 cyclone
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 2,654 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 17.0
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 187th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Gombe (2022), Cyclone Marian (2021), Cyclone Ferdinand (2020) and 29 more.
- Energy: 9% of the 1980 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.