1987–88 Australian region cyclone season

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1987–88 Australian region cyclone season
1987-1988 Australian cyclone season summary.jpg
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed6 December 1987
Last system dissipated20 May 1988
Strongest storm
NameGwenda-Ezenina
 • Maximum winds185 km/h (115 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure940 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Tropical lows6 (record low)
Tropical cyclones5
Severe tropical cyclones3
Total fatalities1
Total damage$17.9 million (1988 USD)
Related articles
Australian region tropical cyclone seasons
1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90

The 1987–88 Australian region cyclone season was the least active tropical cyclone season since 1977–78. It officially started on 1 November 1987, and officially ended on 30 April 1988. The regional tropical cyclone operational plan defines a "tropical cyclone year" separately from a "tropical cyclone season"; the "tropical cyclone year" began on 1 July 1987 and ended on 30 June 1988.[1]

Seasonal summary[]

Cyclone HerbieTropical cyclone scales#Comparisons across basins

Systems[]

Tropical Low Ariny[]

Tropical low (Australian scale)
Temporary cyclone south.svg Ariny 1987 track.png
Duration6 December – 9 December (Exited basin)
Peak intensity55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min) 

Tropical Cyclone Agi[]

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Agi Jan 13 1988 0300Z.png Agi 1988 track.png
Duration6 January (Entered basin) – 14 January (Exited basin)
Peak intensity95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min)  980 hPa (mbar)

Cyclone Agi veered away from the main islands of Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province yesterday after flattening many buildings, uprooting trees and disrupting water supplies. Agi brought heavy rain, high tides and winds gusting at more than 100 km/h to the remote islands it brushed at the eastern tip of the PNG mainland since it formed and began to swirl through the area on Sunday.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Frederic[]

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Frederic Feb 1 1988 0107Z.png Frederic 1988 track.png
Duration28 January – 2 February
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min)  955 hPa (mbar)

Frederic, 28 January to 2 February 1988, Indian Ocean

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gwenda-Ezenina[]

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Gwenda Feb 11 1988 0940Z.png Gwenda 1988 track.png
Duration6 February – 12 February (Exited basin)
Peak intensity185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min)  941 hPa (mbar)

Gwenda-Ezenina, 6 to 12 February 1988, Indian Ocean

Severe Tropical Cyclone Charlie[]

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Charlie Feb 29 1988 0621Z.png Charlie 1988 track.png
Duration19 February – 1 March
Peak intensity150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min)  972 hPa (mbar)

Charlie struck Ayr, Queensland in March 1988, killing one person and leaving $2,300,000 dollars (1988 USD) in damage. [1]

Tropical Cyclone Herbie[]

Main article: Cyclone Herbie
Category 1 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Tropical Cyclone Herbie 1988.jpg Herbie 1988 track.png
Duration17 May – 20 May
Peak intensity75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min)  990 hPa (mbar)

Herbie, 17 to 20 May 1988, Indian Ocean

See also[]

  • Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1987, 1988
  • Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1987, 1988
  • Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1987, 1988
  • North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1987, 1988

References[]

  1. ^ "Tropical Cyclone Operational plan for the South Pacific & Southeast Indian Ocean 2008" (PDF). WMO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
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