The 1971 season

Tropical Depression Andrea:Claudine (1971)

Tropical Depression Andrea:Claudine peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between October 31, 1970 and November 13, 1970, with a lowest pressure of 970 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Andrea:Claudine, 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.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
October 31, 1970 to November 13, 1970
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
970 mb (28.64 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 411 km (255 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH021971

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 31, 00:009.0S 87.0E1006 mbNot reported
Oct 31, 06:009.1S 87.1E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 12:009.2S 87.3E1006 mbTropical storm
Oct 31, 18:009.3S 87.6E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:009.4S 87.9E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:009.6S 88.2E1005 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:009.9S 88.7E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0010.1S 89.1E1003 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0010.4S 89.4E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0010.7S 89.5E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 12:0011.0S 89.6E1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 2, 18:0011.2S 89.7E1001 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 00:0011.4S 89.8E1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 06:0011.6S 89.8E999 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 12:0011.9S 89.8E998 mbTropical storm
Nov 3, 18:0012.2S 89.8E996 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 00:0012.5S 89.8E995 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 06:0012.9S 89.7E995 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 12:0013.4S 89.5E995 mbTropical storm
Nov 4, 18:0013.8S 89.2E994 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 00:0014.2S 88.9E994 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 06:0013.9S 90.0E988 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 12:0014.3S 90.2E982 mbTropical storm
Nov 5, 18:0014.7S 90.4E976 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 00:0015.0S 90.8E970 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 06:0015.2S 91.1E974 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 12:0015.5S 91.2E976 mbTropical storm
Nov 6, 18:0015.8S 91.4E978 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 00:0016.0S 91.5E980 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 06:0016.2S 91.7E984 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 12:0016.6S 91.7E988 mbTropical storm
Nov 7, 18:0017.0S 91.5E992 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 00:0017.3S 91.4E998 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 06:0017.7S 91.1E998 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 12:0018.5S 90.3E999 mbTropical storm
Nov 8, 18:0019.4S 89.0E999 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 00:0019.8S 87.6E1000 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 06:0019.9S 86.2E1002 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 12:0019.8S 84.7E1004 mbTropical storm
Nov 9, 18:0019.6S 83.2E1006 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 00:0019.3S 81.5E1008 mbTropical storm
Nov 10, 06:0019.0S 79.9ETropical storm
Nov 10, 12:0018.9S 78.4ETropical storm
Nov 10, 18:0018.9S 76.9ETropical storm
Nov 11, 00:0018.9S 75.5ETropical storm
Nov 11, 06:0019.0S 74.0ETropical storm
Nov 11, 12:0019.0S 72.0ETropical storm
Nov 11, 18:0019.0S 69.9ETropical storm
Nov 12, 00:0018.7S 68.1ETropical storm
Nov 12, 06:0018.4S 66.4ETropical storm
Nov 12, 12:0018.2S 64.8ETropical storm
Nov 12, 18:0017.9S 63.3ETropical storm
Nov 13, 00:0017.5S 61.8ETropical storm
Nov 13, 06:0016.8S 60.4ETropical storm

Other South Indian storms of 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.