Storm history › South Indian Ocean › 1998 season
Tropical Storm Sid (1998)
Sid was a tropical storm of the 1998 South Indian Ocean season. It was tracked from December 24, 1997 to December 29, 1997, about 5 days, and covered 1,028 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 5 days
- Track length
- 1,028 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 1.3
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 712th highest of 951 South Indian Ocean storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Juluka (2026), Tropical Storm Balita (2023), Tropical Storm Jeruto (2020) and 40 more.
- Lowest pressure: 624th lowest of 1,029 South Indian Ocean storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Cyclone Jasmine (2022), Cyclone Chalane (2021), Tropical Storm Diane (2020) and 24 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1998 South Indian Ocean season's ACE.