C3category 3

Cyclone Billy (2008)

Cyclone Billy formed in the South Indian Ocean on 16 December 2008 and faded on 4 January 2009. Peak wind 204 km/h (110 kt), category 3, lowest pressure 943 hPa. Landfall: Australia.

204 km/hPeak wind · 110 kt

943 hPaLowest pressure

19 daysDuration

5,226 kmTrack length · ACE 14.1

Cyclone Billy (2008)

C5 · category 5C4 · category 4C3 · category 3C2 · category 2C1 · category 1TS · tropical stormTD · tropical depression

Wind along the track

km/h · UTC

Landfalls

Date		Countries hit	Landfall wind	Nearby
19 December 2008 21:00 UTC	TS	Australia	74 km/h	Wyndham · 67 km
21 December 2008 21:00 UTC	TS	Australia	65 km/h	–
22 December 2008 18:00 UTC	TS	Australia	74 km/h	Derby · 103 km

Towns within 100 km of the track

Broome84 km · 74 km/h

Derby93 km · 74 km/h

Wyndham66 km · 83 km/h

Tropical storm archive

TSTropical Storm CindaPrevious storm · 2008 TSTropical Storm DongoNext storm · 2009 C5Typhoon JangmiThe strongest storms · 2008 C4Typhoon RammasunThe strongest storms · 2008 C4Hurricane GustavThe strongest storms · 2008 C4Cyclone HondoThe strongest storms · 2008

The same name in other years

C11998South Indian Ocean · 120 km/h C12022South Indian Ocean · 120 km/h