Hurricane Agatha (1971)
Hurricane Agatha reached Category 2 in the Eastern Pacific between May 21, 1971 and May 25, 1971, with a lowest pressure of 972 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Agatha, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1971 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- May 21, 1971 to May 25, 1971
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb (28.70 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 6.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP011971
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 12:00 | 12.2N 93.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 21, 18:00 | 12.5N 93.9W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 22, 00:00 | 12.7N 94.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 22, 06:00 | 13.0N 96.1W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 22, 12:00 | 13.3N 97.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| May 22, 18:00 | 13.6N 98.7W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 23, 00:00 | 14.1N 99.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 23, 06:00 | 14.7N 100.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 23, 12:00 | 15.2N 100.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 23, 18:00 | 15.7N 101.2W | 75 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| May 24, 00:00 | 16.1N 101.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 24, 06:00 | 16.5N 101.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 24, 12:00 | 17.0N 102.1W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 24, 18:00 | 17.6N 102.3W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| May 25, 00:00 | 18.2N 102.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 25, 06:00 | 19.1N 102.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| May 25, 12:00 | 19.9N 102.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1971
- Hurricane BridgetEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane CarlottaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane DeniseEastern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm EleanorEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane MaryEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane Francene:FrancescaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane HilaryEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane IlsaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm JewelEastern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm KatrinaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane LilyEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane MonicaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane NanetteEastern Pacific · 1971
- Hurricane PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm RamonaEastern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm SharonEastern Pacific · 1971
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.