Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1997 season
Cyclone Gretelle (1997)
Gretelle was a Category 4 cyclone of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from January 18, 1997 to January 31, 1997, about 14 days, and covered 2,759 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 950 mb.
- Peak wind
- 130 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Strongest
- Category 4 cyclone
- Duration
- 14 days
- Track length
- 2,759 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 18.3
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 99th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Cyclone Bheki (2025), Cyclone Sean (2025), Cyclone Anggrek (2024) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 215th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Dikeledi (2025), Cyclone Cheneso (2023), Cyclone Irondro (2020) and 21 more.
- Energy: 9% of the 1997 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.