Tropical Storm Babe (1971)

Tropical Storm Babe peaked at 55 kt in the Western Pacific between May 2, 1971 and May 12, 1971, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Storm Babe, 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: Western Pacific
Dates: May 2, 1971 to May 12, 1971
Peak strength: Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
Lowest pressure: 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
Landfall: No; closest approach 70 km (43 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy: 3.3
Identifier: WP061971

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 2, 06:00	14.3N 119.7E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 2, 12:00	14.5N 119.5E		1004 mb	Tropical storm
May 2, 18:00	14.5N 119.1E		1004 mb	Mixed
May 3, 00:00	14.8N 119.0E	45 kt	1004 mb	Mixed
May 3, 06:00	15.5N 118.5E	45 kt	1007 mb	Tropical storm
May 3, 12:00	16.0N 118.2E	50 kt	998 mb	Tropical storm
May 3, 18:00	16.4N 118.1E	50 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 4, 00:00	16.9N 118.1E	55 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 4, 06:00	17.5N 118.2E	50 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 4, 12:00	18.2N 118.4E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 4, 18:00	18.7N 118.7E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 5, 00:00	19.2N 119.3E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 5, 06:00	20.3N 120.2E	50 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 5, 12:00	20.6N 121.7E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 5, 18:00	20.9N 123.2E	50 kt	990 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 00:00	21.2N 124.9E	45 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 06:00	21.6N 126.8E	40 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 12:00	21.5N 129.3E	35 kt	995 mb	Tropical storm
May 6, 18:00	21.3N 131.5E	30 kt	1000 mb	Tropical storm
May 7, 00:00	21.8N 133.1E	25 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
May 7, 06:00	22.2N 134.9E	20 kt	1006 mb	Mixed
May 7, 12:00	22.1N 135.8E		1008 mb	Mixed
May 7, 18:00	22.9N 137.7E		1008 mb	Extratropical
May 8, 00:00	23.9N 139.5E		1008 mb	Extratropical
May 8, 06:00	24.9N 141.5E		1008 mb	Extratropical
May 8, 12:00	25.9N 143.5E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 8, 18:00	26.6N 145.5E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 9, 00:00	27.2N 147.0E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 9, 06:00	27.4N 148.2E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 9, 12:00	27.6N 149.5E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 9, 18:00	27.7N 151.4E		1010 mb	Extratropical
May 10, 00:00	28.0N 153.7E			Extratropical
May 10, 06:00	28.8N 156.2E			Extratropical
May 10, 12:00	29.6N 158.5E			Extratropical
May 10, 18:00	30.2N 160.3E			Extratropical
May 11, 00:00	30.8N 162.0E			Extratropical
May 11, 06:00	31.5N 164.4E			Extratropical
May 11, 12:00	32.0N 167.4E			Extratropical
May 11, 18:00	32.7N 170.4E			Extratropical
May 12, 00:00	33.3N 173.1E			Extratropical
May 12, 06:00	34.1N 176.1E			Extratropical
May 12, 12:00	35.1N 180.0E			Extratropical

Other Western Pacific 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.