Cyclone Florine path, 1981

What the record says

Florine was a cyclone in the South-West Indian basin that lasted about 8 days, from 3 January 1981 to 11 January 1981. Its peak was Category 3 (105 kt) on 7 January 1981, with a 1-minute sustained wind of 105 kt (121 mph, 194 km/h).

• Category 3peak intensity
• 105 ktpeak wind (121 mph)
• 8 dayslifetime

Source of the peak wind: US Joint Typhoon Warning Center (southern hemisphere).

It has its own page because it reached category 3 or stronger.

This page gives the official record's figures. It does not describe the human cost of the storm, which is far larger than any wind speed or pressure here.

Where it came ashore

The record shows no landfall: the storm stayed at sea.

Countries it came within 50 km of

Strongest effect first.

• France

How to read this track

The line joins the storm's six-hourly positions with straight lines, coloured by its intensity at each point, so it shows how the storm strengthened and weakened. The real path curved between the positions. A dashed grey stretch means the storm had become post-tropical. Records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are estimates.

Source: NOAA NCEI IBTrACS, public domain. See data sources and caveats.