C2category 2
Cyclone Fergus (1996)
Cyclone Fergus formed in the South Pacific on 19 December 1996 and faded on 1 January 1997. Peak wind 167 km/h (90 kt), category 2, lowest pressure 955 hPa. Landfall: New Zealand, Solomon Islands.
167 km/hPeak wind · 90 kt
955 hPaLowest pressure
13.3 daysDuration
8,839 kmTrack length · ACE 13.6
C5 · category 5C4 · category 4C3 · category 3C2 · category 2C1 · category 1TS · tropical stormTD · tropical depression
Wind along the track
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Landfalls
Towns within 100 km of the track
Napier81 km · 102 km/h
Hastings98 km · 102 km/h
Gisborne72 km · 102 km/h
Taupō98 km · 102 km/h
Whakatāne95 km · 102 km/h
Kawerau89 km · 102 km/h
Ōpōtiki88 km · 102 km/h
Wairoa30 km · 102 km/h
Bay View75 km · 102 km/h
Clive91 km · 102 km/h
Awakeri93 km · 102 km/h
Murupara57 km · 102 km/h
Edgecumbe96 km · 102 km/h
Tiniroto32 km · 102 km/h
Lenakel63 km · 157 km/h
Isangel62 km · 157 km/h
Haumoana92 km · 102 km/h
Raupunga26 km · 102 km/h
Tāneatua83 km · 102 km/h
Te Awanga95 km · 102 km/h
Waimana73 km · 102 km/h
Reporoa85 km · 102 km/h
Te Karaka69 km · 102 km/h
Wairakei97 km · 102 km/h