The 1971 season

Tropical Depression Vera (1971)

Tropical Depression Vera peaked at unknown kt in the Western Pacific between April 6, 1971 and April 8, 1971, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Tropical Depression Vera, 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
April 6, 1971 to April 8, 1971
Peak strength
Tropical Depression
Lowest pressure
1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1098 km (682 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Identifier
1971096N07151

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
Apr 6, 06:007.1N 151.0E1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:007.9N 149.9E1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:008.5N 148.7E1004 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:009.1N 147.5E1002 mbMixed
Apr 7, 06:009.5N 146.3E1002 mbMixed
Apr 7, 12:009.8N 145.2E1002 mbMixed
Apr 7, 18:0010.0N 144.2E1002 mbMixed
Apr 8, 00:0010.0N 143.4E1002 mbMixed
Apr 8, 06:0010.1N 142.7E1002 mbMixed
Apr 8, 12:0010.0N 141.9E1002 mbMixed

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.