Tropical Storm Sarah (1971)
Tropical Storm Sarah peaked at 50 kt in the Western Pacific between January 8, 1971 and January 14, 1971, with a lowest pressure of 990 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Sarah, 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
- Western Pacific
- Dates
- January 8, 1971 to January 14, 1971
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb (29.23 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 1153 km (716 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 1.6
- Identifier
- WP011971
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 06:00 | 8.2N 142.5E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 8, 12:00 | 8.4N 141.2E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 8, 18:00 | 8.8N 139.8E | 1000 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 00:00 | 9.6N 138.5E | 998 mb | Tropical storm | |
| Jan 9, 06:00 | 10.7N 137.8E | 35 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 12:00 | 11.1N 137.2E | 40 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 9, 18:00 | 11.1N 136.7E | 45 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 00:00 | 10.8N 136.8E | 50 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 06:00 | 11.8N 136.9E | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 12:00 | 13.1N 137.5E | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 10, 18:00 | 14.4N 139.1E | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 00:00 | 14.8N 140.3E | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 06:00 | 15.2N 140.9E | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 12:00 | 15.7N 141.7E | 30 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jan 11, 18:00 | 16.4N 142.4E | 1000 mb | Mixed | |
| Jan 12, 00:00 | 16.9N 144.1E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 12, 06:00 | 17.0N 146.4E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 12, 12:00 | 17.7N 148.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 12, 18:00 | 18.7N 150.6E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 13, 00:00 | 20.8N 153.4E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 13, 06:00 | 22.7N 157.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 13, 12:00 | 23.5N 161.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 13, 18:00 | 23.5N 164.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 14, 00:00 | 23.5N 168.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 14, 06:00 | 23.7N 173.0E | 1000 mb | Extratropical | |
| Jan 14, 12:00 | 24.0N 177.5E | 1000 mb | Extratropical |
Other Western Pacific storms of 1971
- Tropical Depression SarahWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Depression VeraWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon WandaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Super Typhoon AmyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm BabeWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm CarlaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon DinahWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm EmmaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon FredaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon GildaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon HarrietWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm IvyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm KimWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon JeanWestern Pacific · 1971
- Super Typhoon LucyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Super Typhoon NadineWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Depression LucyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon OliveWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm PollyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon RoseWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon ShirleyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon TrixWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon VirginiaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Super Typhoon WendyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon AgnesWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Super Typhoon BessWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm CarmenWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon DellaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon ElaineWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon Faye:GloriaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon Faye:GloriaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Depression Faye:GloriaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Typhoon HesterWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Super Typhoon IrmaWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Storm JudyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Tropical Depression JudyWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1971
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern 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.