Tropical Storm Doria (1971)
Tropical Storm Doria peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between August 20, 1971 and August 29, 1971, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Doria, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 20, 1971 to August 29, 1971
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 989 mb (29.21 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 30 kt (35 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091971
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.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 1,289 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 11.22 inches (285 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| NESHAMINY FALLS | 11.22 in (285 mm) | 40.13N 74.95W |
| LITTLE FALLS | 10.29 in (261 mm) | 40.88N 74.23W |
| PRINCETON WATER WORKS | 10.15 in (258 mm) | 40.33N 74.67W |
| LA PLATA 1 W | 10.10 in (257 mm) | 38.53N 77.00W |
| MORRIS PLAINS 1 W | 9.72 in (247 mm) | 40.83N 74.50W |
| HIGHTSTOWN 2 W | 9.66 in (245 mm) | 40.27N 74.57W |
| GEORGE SCHOOL | 9.59 in (244 mm) | 40.22N 74.93W |
| BERNARDSVILLE 2 E | 9.53 in (242 mm) | 40.72N 74.53W |
| ELIZABETH CITY | 9.43 in (240 mm) | 36.32N 76.20W |
| PEMBERTON | 9.43 in (240 mm) | 39.97N 74.68W |
| BOUND BROOK 2 W | 9.39 in (239 mm) | 40.57N 74.58W |
| SOMERVILLE 4 NW | 9.37 in (238 mm) | 40.62N 74.65W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 11.5N 47.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 11.6N 48.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 11.7N 49.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 11.8N 50.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 12.0N 51.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 12.2N 52.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 12.8N 53.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 13.2N 54.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 14.0N 56.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 14.8N 57.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 15.7N 59.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 16.5N 60.8W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 17.3N 62.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 18.0N 64.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 18.6N 65.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 19.2N 66.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 19.8N 68.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 20.4N 69.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 21.0N 71.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 21.8N 72.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 22.5N 73.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 23.2N 74.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 24.2N 75.1W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 25.4N 75.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 26.8N 76.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 28.2N 77.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 29.2N 77.2W | 40 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 31.0N 77.2W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 32.8N 77.2W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 34.8N 76.8W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 36.5N 76.5W | 55 kt | 991 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 38.5N 75.3W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 41.2N 73.7W | 45 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 43.8N 71.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 46.0N 70.0W | 35 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 48.0N 68.0W | 35 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1971
- Tropical Storm ArleneNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Hurricane BethNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Tropical Storm ChloeNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Hurricane FernNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Hurricane EdithNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Hurricane GingerNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Tropical Storm HeidiNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Hurricane Irene:OliviaNorth Atlantic · 1971 · $1.0 million
- Tropical Storm JaniceNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Tropical Storm KristyNorth Atlantic · 1971
- Tropical Storm LauraNorth Atlantic · 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.