The 1971 season

Tropical Depression Felicie (1971)

Tropical Depression Felicie peaked at unknown kt in the South Indian between January 17, 1971 and February 6, 1971, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Felicie, 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
January 17, 1971 to February 6, 1971
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
SH091971

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
Jan 17, 06:0010.5S 58.9ETropical storm
Jan 17, 12:0010.7S 58.5ETropical storm
Jan 17, 18:0011.0S 57.9ETropical storm
Jan 18, 00:0011.3S 57.1ETropical storm
Jan 18, 06:0011.7S 56.2ETropical storm
Jan 18, 12:0012.3S 55.5ETropical storm
Jan 18, 18:0012.9S 54.8ETropical storm
Jan 19, 00:0013.1S 53.9ETropical storm
Jan 19, 06:0013.4S 52.9ETropical storm
Jan 19, 12:0013.6S 51.8ETropical storm
Jan 19, 18:0013.9S 50.7ETropical storm
Jan 20, 00:0014.0S 49.5ETropical storm
Jan 20, 06:0014.1S 48.3ETropical storm
Jan 20, 12:0014.4S 48.0ETropical storm
Jan 20, 18:0014.8S 47.9ETropical storm
Jan 21, 00:0015.0S 47.3ETropical storm
Jan 21, 06:0015.2S 46.7ETropical storm
Jan 21, 12:0015.5S 46.1ETropical storm
Jan 21, 18:0015.8S 45.4ETropical storm
Jan 22, 00:0015.9S 44.6ETropical storm
Jan 22, 06:0016.0S 44.0ETropical storm
Jan 22, 12:0016.1S 43.8ETropical storm
Jan 22, 18:0016.3S 43.6ETropical storm
Jan 23, 00:0016.5S 43.4ETropical storm
Jan 23, 06:0016.7S 43.2ETropical storm
Jan 23, 12:0016.9S 43.1ETropical storm
Jan 23, 18:0017.0S 43.1ETropical storm
Jan 24, 00:0017.2S 43.1ETropical storm
Jan 24, 06:0017.5S 43.0ETropical storm
Jan 24, 12:0018.3S 43.1ETropical storm
Jan 24, 18:0019.1S 43.3ETropical storm
Jan 25, 00:0018.6S 43.4ETropical storm
Jan 25, 06:0018.1S 43.3ETropical storm
Jan 25, 12:0018.2S 43.0ETropical storm
Jan 25, 18:0018.4S 42.6ETropical storm
Jan 26, 00:0018.8S 42.2ETropical storm
Jan 26, 06:0019.0S 41.8ETropical storm
Jan 26, 12:0019.0S 41.4ETropical storm
Jan 26, 18:0019.1S 41.1ETropical storm
Jan 27, 00:0019.1S 40.9ETropical storm
Jan 27, 06:0019.2S 40.7ETropical storm
Jan 27, 12:0019.2S 39.7ETropical storm
Jan 27, 18:0019.0S 39.0ETropical storm
Jan 28, 00:0018.0S 39.3ETropical storm
Jan 28, 06:0017.3S 39.6ETropical storm
Jan 28, 12:0018.0S 39.8ETropical storm
Jan 28, 18:0018.9S 40.1ETropical storm
Jan 29, 00:0019.5S 40.7ETropical storm
Jan 29, 06:0019.8S 41.6ETropical storm
Jan 29, 12:0019.9S 42.6ETropical storm
Jan 29, 18:0019.9S 43.7ETropical storm
Jan 30, 00:0019.9S 44.8ETropical storm
Jan 30, 06:0019.9S 45.9EMixed
Jan 30, 12:0020.0S 47.0ETropical storm
Jan 30, 18:0020.1S 48.2ETropical storm
Jan 31, 00:0020.2S 49.4ETropical storm
Jan 31, 06:0020.4S 50.2ETropical storm
Jan 31, 12:0020.8S 50.1ETropical storm
Jan 31, 18:0021.2S 49.5ETropical storm
Feb 1, 00:0021.5S 48.9ETropical storm
Feb 1, 06:0021.7S 48.3ETropical storm
Feb 1, 12:0022.1S 47.7ETropical storm
Feb 1, 18:0022.4S 47.0ETropical storm
Feb 2, 00:0022.5S 46.2ETropical storm
Feb 2, 06:0022.6S 45.4ETropical storm
Feb 2, 12:0022.7S 44.7ETropical storm
Feb 2, 18:0022.7S 44.1ETropical storm
Feb 3, 00:0022.8S 43.4ETropical storm
Feb 3, 06:0023.0S 42.7ETropical storm
Feb 3, 12:0023.5S 42.1ETropical storm
Feb 3, 18:0024.2S 41.5ETropical storm
Feb 4, 00:0025.0S 41.1ETropical storm
Feb 4, 06:0025.8S 41.3EMixed
Feb 4, 12:0026.2S 42.1ETropical storm
Feb 4, 18:0026.5S 42.9ETropical storm
Feb 5, 00:0026.7S 43.5ETropical storm
Feb 5, 06:0026.9S 44.1EMixed
Feb 5, 12:0026.8S 43.0ETropical storm
Feb 5, 18:0027.8S 43.1ETropical storm
Feb 6, 00:0028.8S 43.5EExtratropical
Feb 6, 06:0029.7S 44.0EMixed

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.