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Category 2 is the second lowest classification on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale used to classify tropical cyclones, that have 10-minute sustained winds of 47–63 knots (87–117 km/h; 54–72 mph). As of 2020[update] tropical cyclones have peaked as Category 1 tropical cyclones in the South Pacific tropical cyclone basin, which is denoted as the waters surrounding Australia to the south of the equator, between 90°E and 160°E. The earliest tropical cyclone to be classified as a Category 2 tropical cyclone was Carmen. The latest was Harold which was classified as a Category 2 tropical cyclone as it moved through the Solomon Sea.
Background
The Australian region tropical cyclone basin is located to the south of the Equator between 90°E and 160°E.[1] The basin is officially monitored by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Papua New Guinea's National Weather Service as well as Indonesia's Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika. Other meteorological services such as the Fiji Meteorological Service, the New Zealand MetService, Météo-France as well as the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center also monitor the basin.[1] Within the basin a Category 1 tropical cyclone is a tropical cyclone that has 10-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds of 33–47 knots (61–87 km/h; 38–54 mph) on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale.[1][2] A named storm could also be classified as a Category 1 tropical cyclone if it is estimated, to have 1-minute mean maximum sustained wind speeds of between 64–82 knots (119–152 km/h; 74–94 mph) on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.[1][3] However, this scale is not officially used in the Australian, however, various agencies including NASA also use it to compare tropical cyclones.[1] A Category 1 tropical cyclone is expected to cause some damage, if it significantly impacts land at or near its peak intensity.[2][3]
Systems
1960/70s
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Audrey | 7–14 January 1964 | Not specified | 983 hPa (29.03 inHg) | Northern Territory, Queensland | Extensive | None | [4] |
Dawn | 15–16 February 1970 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | New Caledonia | [5] | ||
Gertie | 13–15 February 1971 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Queensland | [6] | ||
Ida | 17–18 February 1971 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | New Caledonia | [7] | ||
Lena | 14–18 March 1971 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | New Caledonia | [8] | ||
Carlotta | |||||||
Wendy | |||||||
Belinda | |||||||
Ida | 30 May – 1 June 1972 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Solomon Islands, New Caledonia | [9] | ||
Leila–Gertrude | |||||||
Annie | |||||||
Una | |||||||
Erica | |||||||
Fiona–Gwenda | |||||||
Vera | |||||||
Wanda | 20–25 January 1974 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 998 hPa (29.47 inHg) | Queensland, New South Wales | None | [10] | |
Yvonne | 8–15 February 1974 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 995 hPa (29.38 inHg) | [11] | |||
Jenny (1974) | |||||||
Marcia (1974) | |||||||
Norah (1974) | |||||||
Penny (1974) | |||||||
Gloria (1975) | |||||||
Robyn-Deborah | 14 – 29 February 1975 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Madagascar | [12] | ||
Shirley (1975) | |||||||
Wilma (1975) | |||||||
Vida (1975) | |||||||
Clara (1975) | |||||||
Alice (1976) | |||||||
Dawn (1976) | |||||||
Harry (1976) | |||||||
Tom (1977) | |||||||
Sam–Celimene (1977) | |||||||
Gwen (1978) | |||||||
Brenda (1978) | |||||||
Hal (1978) | |||||||
Greta (1979) | |||||||
Ivan (1979) | |||||||
Jane (1979) | |||||||
Kevin | 2–12 May 1979 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | None | None | None | [13][14] |
Tony (1979) |
1980s
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Clara (1980) | |||||||
Ruth (1980) | |||||||
27P (1980) | |||||||
Dan (1980) | |||||||
Eddie (1981) | |||||||
Cliff (1981) | |||||||
Bruno (1982) | |||||||
Daphne–Fifi (1982) | |||||||
Errol (1982) | |||||||
Graham (1982) | |||||||
Harriet (1982) | |||||||
Esther (1983) | |||||||
Sharon (1983) | |||||||
Tim (1984) | |||||||
Harvey (1984) | |||||||
Ferdinand (1984) | |||||||
Lance | 4–7 April 1984 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Queensland | N/A | None | [15] |
Monica (1984) | |||||||
Nigel | 14 – 16 January 1985 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 996 hPa (29.41 inHg) | Queensland | None | None | [16][17] |
Pierre | 18 – 24 February 1985 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 986 hPa (29.12 inHg) | Queensland | Minimal | None | [18][19] |
Tanya | 27 March – 4 April 1985 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Cape York Peninsula | Minimal | None | [20][21] |
Gretel | 9 – 14 April 1985 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | Northern Territory | [22][23] | ||
Pancho (1986) | |||||||
Selwyn (1986) | |||||||
Tiffany (1986) | |||||||
Alison–Krisostoma (1986) | |||||||
Irma (1987) | |||||||
Damien (1987) | |||||||
Jason | 5–14 February 1987 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Northern Territory | N/A | None | |
Kay (1987) | |||||||
Agi | 8–16 January 1988 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia | N/A | None | [24] |
Barisaona (1988) | |||||||
Charlie | 21 February – 1 March 1988 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | Queensland | 1 | [25] | |
Delilah | 28 December 1988 – 4 January 1989 |
100 km/h (65 mph) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | New Caledonia, New Zealand | N/A | 2 | |
Meena (1989) | |||||||
Pedro (1989) |
1990's
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage (USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Tina | 25 – 28 January 1990 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Western Australia | Minor | None | [26] |
Nancy | 28 January – 4 February 1990 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Queensland, New South Wales, New Zealand | Unknown | Unknown | [27] |
Walter – Gregoara |
3 – 13 March 1990 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | None | None | None | [28] |
Hilda | 4 – 13 March 1990 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | New Caledonia | Unknown | Unknown | [29] |
Chris | 15 – 21 February 1991 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Western Australia | None | None | [30] |
Daphne | 21 – 28 February 1991 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Northern Australia | Unknown | Unknown | [31] |
Kelvin | 24 February – 6 March 1991 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Queensland | Unknown | Unknown | [32][citation needed] |
Elma | 2 – 5 March 1991 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Queensland | None | None | [33][citation needed] |
Fifi | 14 – 21 April 1991 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Western Australia | Unknown | Unknown | [34][citation needed] |
Lisa | 7 – 11 May 1991 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu | None | None | [35][36] |
Mark | 6 – 11 January 1992 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Queensland, Northern Territory | Unknown | Unknown | [37][citation needed] |
Lena | 22 January – 2 February 1993 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | None | None | None | [38] |
Roger | 12 – 20 March 1993 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Solomon Islands, New Caledonia | Unknown | Unknown | [39][citation needed] |
Monty | 6 – 13 April 1993 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) | None | None | None | [40] |
Willy | 26 April – 2 May 1994 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | Cocos Islands | None | None | [41] |
Ethel | 7 – 13 March 1996 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Queensland, Northern Territory | Unknown | Unknown | [42][citation needed] |
Jenna | 1 – 6 May 1996 | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | None | None | None | [43] |
Ophelia | 100 km/h (65 mph) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | None | None | None | [44] | |
Fergus | 22 – 25 December 1996 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Solomon Islands, Vanuatu New Caledonia, New Zealand |
Unknown | Unknown | [45][citation needed] |
Phil | 22 December 1996 – 3 January 1997 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Northern Australia, Western Australia | Unknown | Unknown | [46][citation needed] |
18S | 7 – 12 January 1997 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) | None | None | None | [47] |
Harold | 16 – 19 February 1997 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | New Caledonia | Unknown | Unknown | [48][citation needed] |
Nute | 19 – 21 November 1997 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | None | None | [49] |
Les | 21 January – 2 February 1998 | 110 km/h (70 mph) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Northern Australia | Unknown | Unknown | [50][citation needed] |
Nathan | 19 – 30 March 1998 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | Queensland | None | None | [51][52] |
Cathy | 21 January – 2 February 1999 | 95 km/h (60 mph) | 991 hPa (29.26 inHg) | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_Category_2_Australian_region_tropical_cyclones