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Hurricanes in Western Australia.
(Tropical Cyclones or "Willy-Willies.")
| Year. | Month. | Time of Maximum. |
Chief Locality. | Direction of Movement. | Rain. | Remarks, Pressure, Minima, &c. |
| 1872 | No particulars available. | |||||
| 1877 | Feb. | 15 to 18th | Lacepede Island N. of Broome) |
From N. E. | Not tabulated | Barometer, 29.49 Winds veered from E.S.E., E., N., N.E. |
| 1878 | Dec. | 24th | Lacepede Island | Not tabulated„ | Barometer, 29.52. Wind at maximum from N.W. Runnymede lost | |
| 1879 | Jan. | 23rd | Broome | |||
| 1879„ | Jan.„ | 25th, 5 a.m. | Roeburne | Towards S. W. | Not tabulated„ | Barometer at Roeburne, 28.92. Sulina and Manfred lost |
| 1880 | Jan.„ | 9th | Yarnmadarra Creek |
Not tabulated„ | Adalia lost. Tidal wave 25 feet over H.W.M. | |
| 1881 | Jan.„ | 7th | Cossack | Started Cape Carney; moved along coast to Cape Lockyer |
Not Tabulated„ | Barometer, 26.00, on Alpha (doubtful); four pearling boats reported 27.00. Many luggers lost. Wind veered from N.E. to N.W. |
| 1882 | Mar. | 7th, at 9 p.m. | Roeburne | Extended 25 miles E. and 50 miles W. but no distance inland |
6½″ at Cossack | More severe than 1872. Barometer at Cossack, 28.1. Wind from E.N.E. at maximum |
| 1887 | Feb. | 12th | Cossack, 8.6″ | Barometer, 29.176, at Cossack | ||
| 1887„ | Apl. | 22nd | S.W. of Wallal 90- mile Beach |
Over 200 lives lost | ||
| 1888 | Jan. | 7th, 8th | Derby | Wyndham, 4″; Derby, 17″ | Barometer at Derby, 29.134. Wind S.E., E., and later N.W. | |
| 1888„ | Apl. | 22nd | 90-mile Beach | Many pearling boats lost, and 114 men drowned | ||
| 1889 | Mar. | 1st | Roeburne | Travelled from near Broome to near Onslow |
Roeburne, 5.9″; Onslow, 3.4″; Fortescue, 5″ |
A "circular hurricane," i.e., wind veered from S. through N.E. to W. Three boats wrecked near Cossack |
| 1890 | Jan. | 27th | Kimberley | Wyndham, 11.6″; Derby, 5.4″ |
Barometer, 29.357, at Wyndham | |
