1996–97 South Pacific cyclone season
Season effects
This table lists all the storms that developed in the South Pacific basin, to the east of 160E during the 1996–97 season.

1996–97 South Pacific cyclone season

Section Title: Season effects
Table Section Text: This table lists all the storms that developed in the South Pacific basin, to the east of 160E during the 1996–97 season.

Name	Dates active	Peak classification	Sustained wind speeds	Pressure	Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs

Cyril	November 23 – 26	Category 1 tropical cyclone	85 km/h (50 mph)	987 hPa (29.15 inHg)	Solomon Islands, New Caledonia

Fergus	December 20 – 30	Category 3 severe tropical cyclone	150 km/h (90 mph)	955 hPa (28.20 inHg)	Solomon Islands, Vanuatu New Caledonia, New Zealand

Drena	January 3 – 10	Category 4 severe tropical cyclone	165 km/h (90 mph)	935 hPa (27.52 inHg)	Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand

Evan	January 4 – 14	Category 3 severe tropical cyclone	130 km/h (80 mph)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Fiji, Tonga

Freda	January 26 – February 2	Category 2 tropical cyclone	110 km/h (70 mph)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	None	None	None

Harold	February 19 – 24	Category 2 tropical cyclone	95 km/h (60 mph)	985 hPa (29.10 inHg)	Melanesia, Australia, New Zealand	$27 million	7

29P	February 24 –26	Category 2 tropical cyclone	110 km/h (70 mph)	975 hPa (28.70 inHg)	None	None	None

Gavin	March 2 – 11	Category 4 severe tropical cyclone	185 km/h (115 mph)	925 hPa (27.32 inHg)	Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji	$23.7 million	23

Hina	March 13 – 18	Category 3 severe tropical cyclone	100 km/h (65 mph)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	Fiji, Tonga	$15.2 million	1

Ian	April 13 – 19	Category 1 tropical cyclone	85 km/h (50 mph)	987 hPa (29.15 inHg)	Fiji	None	Minimal

June	May 2 – 11	Category 2 tropical cyclone	95 km/h (60 mph)	985 hPa (29.10 inHg)	Fiji	$60 million

37P	May 28 – 30	Tropical cyclone	65 km/h (40 mph)	997 hPa (29.44 inHg)	Vanuatu	None	None

Keli	June 7 – 17	Category 3 severe tropical cyclone	150 km/h (90 mph)	955 hPa (28.20 inHg)	Tuvalu, Fiji, Samoan islands	$10 thousand	None

Season aggregates

13 systems	November 23 – June 17	90 km/h (120 mph)	925 hPa (27.32 inHg)

Sentence(s)

Drena's wind gusts reached 165 km/h.

final_sentence: Drena's wind gusts reached 165 km/h.