Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · August 29 – September 5, 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 Monica (1971) was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1971 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on August 29, 1971, reached its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1005 mb on September 1, 1971, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 115 mph on September 1, 1971). The storm lasted 7.0 days and travelled about 1,109 miles (1,784 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.0°N 108.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.9°N 109.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 12.0°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.3°N 111.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.7°N 112.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.2°N 112.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.6°N 112.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.9°N 113.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.3°N 113.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.6°N 113.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.0°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 15.6°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 16.4°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.0°N 114.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.6°N 114.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 18.2°N 114.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 18.6°N 114.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 18.9°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 19.2°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.5°N 115.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.9°N 115.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 20.4°N 115.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 21.0°N 115.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1005 mb | 21.8°N 115.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.4°N 115.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 22.7°N 114.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.0°N 114.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.3°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 5 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 23.5°N 114.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Monica.
At its peak on September 1, 1971, Monica was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a central pressure of 1005 mb.
7.0 days, from August 29, 1971 to September 5, 1971, including 60 hours at hurricane strength (18 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 1,109 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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