List of Category 3 Australian region severe tropical cyclones explained

Category 3 is known to be the third-highest classification on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale which is used to classify tropical cyclones.

Systems

|-| Flora || || 75kn || 965hPa || Northern Territory, Queensland || Extensive || None ||[1] |-| Ada || || 80kn || 965hPa || Solomon Islands || || ||[2] |-| Gertie
Fiona || || 80kn || 960hPa || Northern Territory, Queensland || || ||[3] [4] [5] [6] |-| Althea || || 70kn || 965hPa || Queensland || || ||[7] [8] [9] [10] |-| Daisy || || 65kn || 945hPa || Queensland || || ||[11] [8] [12] |-| Emily || || 85kn || 945hPa || Queensland || || ||[13] [14] |-| Gail || || 85kn || 945hPa || || || ||[15] |-| Hannah || || 70kn || 965hPa || Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea || || ||[16] |-| Jean || || 80kn || 964hPa || || || ||[17] |-| Adeline || 28–29 January 1973 || 70kn || 970hPa || || || ||[18] |-| Kristy || || 65kn || 975hPa || || || |||-| Nellie || || 80kn || 964hPa || || || |||-| Flores || || 80kn || 950hPa || Indonesia || || ||[19] [20] |-| Marcelle || || 70kn || 973hPa || South-Western Australia || None || None ||[21] [22] |-| Ines (1973)|-| Beryl (1973)|-| Cecily (1973)|-| Deidre-Delida (1973)|-| Helen (1974)|-| Zoe (1974)|-| Isobel (1974)|-| Jessie (1974)|-| Selma (1974)|-| Ray (1975)|-| David || || 85kn || 961hPa || Queensland || N/A || ||[23] |-| Beth || || 70kn || 965hPa || Queensland || || ||[8] |-| Wally (1976)|-| Colin (1976)|-| Irene (1977)|-| Jack-Io (1977)|-| Karen (1977)|-| Verna || || 75kn || 973hPa || Northern Territory || None || None ||[24] |-| Vern (1978)|-| Peter (1978–79)|-| Rosa (1979)|-| Wilf-Danitza (1979–80)|-| Freda || 1981 || 70kn |||-| Max || 1981 || 85kn |||-| Paddy || || 65kn || 973hPa || Western Australia || None || None ||[25] |-| Alex || || 80kn || 964hPa || None || None ||[26] |-| Abigail (1982)|-| Ian (1982)|-| Ken (1983)|-| Lena (1983)|-| Naomi || || || 80kn || 960hPa || None || None ||[27] |-| Monty (1983)|-| Oscar || || 75kn || 968hPa || None || None || None ||[28] |-| Grace (1984)|-| Vivienne-Fanja (1984)|-| Willy (1984)|-| Annette-Jaminy (1984)|-| Ingrid (1984)|-| Jim (1984)|-| Emma (1984)|-| Frank (1984)|-| Nigel || || 80kn || 955hPa || Vanuatu, Fiji || N/A || |||-| Hubert (1985)|-| Isobel (1985)|-| Jacob (1985)|-| Lindsay (1985)|-| Margot || || 85kn || 942hPa || Western Australia || N/A || |||-| Nicholas (1985)|-| Winifred || || 85kn || 957hPa || Queensland || $ || |||-| Rhonda (1986)|-| Manu || || 70kn || 970hPa || Papua New Guinea, Queensland || Extensive || ||[29] |-| Namu (1986)|-| Connie || || 85kn || 950hPa || Western Australia || N/A || |||-| Jason (1987)|-| Frederic (1988)|-| Charlie (1988)|-| Ilona || || 80kn || 960hPa || Western Australia || $ || |||-| Kirrily (1989)|}

1990s

|-| Felicity || || 75kn || 970hPa || Cape York Peninsula || || ||[30] [31] |-| Sam (1990)|-| Vincent (1990)|-| Daman || || 65kn || 965hPa || || || ||[32] |-| Fran || || 75kn || 950hPa || Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Eastern Australia, New Zealand || || ||[33] |-| Polly (1993)|-| Adel || || 65kn || 970hPa || Papua New Guinea || Minimal || 3 ||[34] [35] |-| Naomi || || 80kn || 960hPa || Western Australia || N/A || ||[36] |-| Pearl-Farah (1994 || || 85kn || 960hPa || None || || ||[37] |-| Quenton || || 80kn || 955hPa || None || || |||-| Vivienne (1994)|-| Violet (1995)|-| Warren || || 80kn || 960hPa || Queensland, Northern Territory || N/A || ||[38] |-| Daryl-Agnielle (1995)|-| Gertie || || 75kn || 965hPa || Australia || N/A || || [39] |-| Hubert-Coryna (1996)|-| Celeste || || 70kn || 965hPa || Queensland || N/A || ||[40] |-| Jacob (1996)|-| Fergus || || 85kn || 955hPa || Solomon Islands, New Zealand || N/A || |||-| Rachel || || 70kn || 965hPa || Northern Territory, Western Australia || || ||[41] |-| Justin || || 80kn || 955hPa || Papua New Guinea, Queensland || || ||[42] |-| Selwyn (1997–98)|-| Victor–Cindy (1998)|-| Alison (1998)|-| Billy (1998)|-| Damien-Birenda (1999)|-| Rona || || 75kn || 970hPa || Eastern Australia, New Caledonia || || ||[43] |}

2000s

|-| Kirrily || || 75kn || 975hPa || None || || ||[44] |-| Leon – Eline || || 75kn || 960hPa || Madagascar, Southern Africa || || ||[45] |-| Tessi || || 70kn || 980hPa || Queensland || || |||-| Abigail || || 65kn || 970hPa || Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia || || ||[46] |-| Walter (2001)|-| Claudia (2002)|-| Dianne-Jery (2002)|-| Erica (2003)|-| Jana (2003)|-| Debbie (2003)|-| Kerry (2005)|-| Harvey || || 75kn || 967hPa || Northern Territory || N/A || |||-| Willy (2005)|-| Adeline-Juliet (2005)|-| Clare || || 75kn || 960hPa || Western Australia || || ||[47] |-| Jim (2006)|-| Wati (2006)|-| Jacob (2007)|-| Kara (2007)|}

2010s

|-| Guba || || 65kn || 971hPa || Papua New Guinea || || ||[48] |-| Nicholas || || 80kn || 948hPa || Western Australia || || ||[49] |-| Magda || || 70kn || 975hPa || Western Australia || || ||[50] |-| Paul || || 70kn || 971hPa || Northern Territory || || ||[51] |-| Dianne || || 75kn || 960hPa || Western Australia || || ||[52] |-| Carlos || || 65kn || 969hPa || Northern Territory, Western Australia || || ||[53] |-| Errol || || 65kn || 985hPa || Timor || || ||[54] |-| Alenga || || 75kn || 972hPa || None || || ||[55] |-| Heidi || || 80kn || 960hPa || Western Australia || || ||[56] |-| Lua || || 85kn || 935hPa || Western Australia || || None || }[57] |-| Freda || || 80kn || 964hPa || Solomon Islands, New Caledonia || || ||[58] |-| Sandra || || 85kn || 958hPa || New Caledonia || || ||[59] |-| Victoria || || 75kn || 968hPa || None || || ||[60] |-| Zane || || 65kn || 981hPa || Papua New Guinea, Queensland || || ||[61] |-| Bruce || || 85kn || 959hPa || Cocos Islands || || ||[62] |-| Jack || || 75kn || 966hPa || None || || ||[63] |-| Kate || || 80kn || 967hPa || None || || ||[64] |-| Olwyn || || 75kn || 955hPa || Western Australia || || ||[65] |-| Frances || || 65kn || 980hPa || Papua New Guinea, Timor, Indonesia || || ||[66] |-| Kelvin || || 80kn || 955hPa || Top End, Western Australia, South Australia || || ||[67] |-| Nora || || 85kn || 958hPa || New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland || || ||[68] |-| Owen || || 65kn || 958hPa || Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory || || ||[69] |-| Riley || || 70kn || 971hPa || Western Australia || || ||[70] |}

2020s

|-| Claudia || || 80kn || 963hPa || Northern Territory, Western Australia || || ||[71] |-| Damien || || 85kn || 955hPa || Northern Territory, Western Australia || || ||[72] |-| Marian || || 80kn || 959hPa || Cocos Island || || ||[73] |-| Seroja || || 65kn || 967hPa || East Timor, Indonesia, Western Australia || || ||[74] |-| Gabrielle || || 80kn || 959hPa || Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island, New Zealand || || |||-| Anggrek || || 80kn || 968hPa || None || || |||-| Kirrily || || 65kn || 978hPa || Queensland || || |||}

Notes and References

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