▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States <0x0A> </s> ▁Category ▁ 1 ▁is ▁the ▁lowest ▁classification ▁on ▁the ▁Australian ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁intensity ▁scale ▁used ▁to ▁class ify ▁tropical ▁cycl ones , ▁that ▁have ▁ 1 0 - min ute ▁sust ained ▁wind s ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁tropical ▁cycl ones ▁have ▁pe aked ▁as ▁Category ▁ 1 ▁tropical ▁cycl ones ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁Pacific ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁bas in , ▁which ▁is ▁denoted ▁as ▁the ▁waters ▁surrounding ▁Australia ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁equ ator , ▁between ▁ 9 0 ° E ▁and ▁ 1 6 0 ° E . ▁The ▁earliest ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁to ▁be ▁class ified ▁as ▁a ▁Category ▁ 1 ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁was ▁Car men . ▁The ▁latest ▁was ▁Harold ▁which ▁was ▁class ified ▁as ▁a ▁Category ▁ 1 ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁as ▁it ▁moved ▁through ▁the ▁Sol omon ▁Sea . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁Australian ▁region ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁bas in ▁is ▁located ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁Equ ator ▁between ▁ 9 0 ° E ▁and ▁ 1 6 0 ° E . ▁The ▁bas in ▁is ▁officially ▁monitor ed ▁by ▁the ▁Australian ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Meteor ology , ▁Pap ua ▁New ▁Guinea ' s ▁National ▁We ather ▁Service ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Indones ia ' s ▁Bad an ▁Meteor olog i ▁K limat olog i ▁dan ▁Ge of is ika . ▁Other ▁meteor ological ▁services ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁F iji ▁Meteor ological ▁Service , ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Met Service , ▁M ete o ▁France ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁J