Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · May 21–25, 1971
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Agatha (1971) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1971 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on May 21, 1971, 188 mi SSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 972 mb on May 24, 1971, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 34 mph in 24 hours (to 86 mph on May 23, 1971). The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 933 miles (1,502 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 65 mi | May 25 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | 61 mi | May 25 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico | 57 mi | May 25 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico | 55 mi | May 25 · 12:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.2°N 93.1°W | 172 mi SSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| May 21 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.5°N 93.9°W | 180 mi SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| May 22 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.7°N 94.8°W | open ocean |
| May 22 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.0°N 96.1°W | open ocean |
| May 22 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.3°N 97.5°W | 179 mi S of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| May 22 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 13.6°N 98.7°W | open ocean |
| May 23 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.1°N 99.8°W | open ocean |
| May 23 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.7°N 100.5°W | 154 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 15.2°N 100.9°W | 132 mi SSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 972 mb | 15.7°N 101.2°W | 117 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.1°N 101.5°W | 97 mi SW of Técpan de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 16.5°N 101.8°W | 81 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 24 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 17.0°N 102.1°W | 57 mi SW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| May 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.6°N 102.3°W | 26 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| May 25 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 18.2°N 102.4°W | 12 mi NNW of La Mira, Michoacán, Mexico |
| May 25 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.1°N 102.6°W | near Buenavista Tomatlán, Michoacán, Mexico |
| May 25 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.9°N 102.9°W | 13 mi WSW of Jiquilpan de Juárez, Michoacán, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Agatha. Its closest approach to a major city was 55 miles from Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico.
At its peak on May 24, 1971, Agatha was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 972 mb.
4.0 days, from May 21, 1971 to May 25, 1971, including 54 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 933 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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