Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1980 season
Cyclone Laure (1980)
Laure was a Category 3 cyclone of the 1980 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from March 8, 1980 to March 17, 1980, about 9 days, and covered 2,445 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
- 9 days
- Track length
- 2,445 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 15.5
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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: 8% of the 1980 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.