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Hurricane Beth (1971)

Atlantic storm, 08/11/1971 to 08/19/1971. Peak: Category 1.

Peak strength
Category 1
Peak winds
86 mph
75 knots
Lowest pressure
977 mb
Duration
8 days

Storm track

35 positions from NOAA's best-track data, colored by strength at each point

  • Depression
  • Tropical storm
  • Cat 1
  • Cat 2
  • Cat 3
  • Cat 4
  • Cat 5
All track points (35)
Time (UTC)PositionStatusWindPressure
08/11/1971 01:00 UTC26.8°N, 79.0°WTropical depression29 mph1,013 mb
08/11/1971 07:00 UTC26.5°N, 78.4°WTropical depression29 mph-
08/11/1971 13:00 UTC27.0°N, 78.0°WTropical depression29 mph-
08/11/1971 19:00 UTC28.0°N, 77.9°WTropical depression29 mph-
08/12/1971 01:00 UTC29.4°N, 77.7°WTropical depression35 mph1,010 mb
08/12/1971 07:00 UTC30.5°N, 77.4°WTropical depression35 mph-
08/12/1971 13:00 UTC31.5°N, 77.0°WTropical depression35 mph-
08/12/1971 19:00 UTC32.3°N, 76.3°WTropical depression35 mph-
08/13/1971 01:00 UTC32.7°N, 75.8°WTropical depression35 mph-
08/13/1971 07:00 UTC33.1°N, 75.3°WTropical depression35 mph-
08/13/1971 13:00 UTC33.3°N, 74.7°WTropical depression35 mph1,007 mb
08/13/1971 19:00 UTC33.5°N, 74.1°WTropical depression35 mph1,006 mb
08/14/1971 01:00 UTC33.7°N, 73.5°WTropical storm40 mph1,003 mb
08/14/1971 07:00 UTC33.9°N, 73.1°WTropical storm40 mph1,004 mb
08/14/1971 13:00 UTC34.1°N, 72.7°WTropical storm52 mph-
08/14/1971 19:00 UTC34.6°N, 72.1°WTropical storm63 mph995 mb
08/15/1971 01:00 UTC35.8°N, 71.0°WTropical storm69 mph992 mb
08/15/1971 07:00 UTC37.1°N, 69.8°WHurricane75 mph990 mb
08/15/1971 13:00 UTC38.4°N, 68.5°WHurricane81 mph982 mb
08/15/1971 19:00 UTC39.7°N, 67.2°WHurricane86 mph977 mb
08/16/1971 01:00 UTC40.8°N, 65.8°WHurricane81 mph980 mb
08/16/1971 07:00 UTC42.0°N, 64.5°WHurricane75 mph978 mb
08/16/1971 13:00 UTC43.0°N, 63.4°WHurricane75 mph983 mb
08/16/1971 19:00 UTC44.0°N, 62.5°WTropical storm69 mph984 mb
08/17/1971 00:00 UTC45.1°N, 61.7°WTropical storm (landfall)69 mph984 mb
08/17/1971 01:00 UTC45.3°N, 61.5°WTropical storm63 mph-
08/17/1971 07:00 UTC46.7°N, 60.2°WTropical storm58 mph-
08/17/1971 13:00 UTC48.3°N, 58.5°WExtratropical58 mph-
08/17/1971 19:00 UTC49.5°N, 56.0°WExtratropical58 mph998 mb
08/18/1971 01:00 UTC50.0°N, 53.5°WExtratropical58 mph-
08/18/1971 07:00 UTC51.0°N, 49.5°WExtratropical58 mph-
08/18/1971 13:00 UTC52.0°N, 44.0°WExtratropical58 mph-
08/18/1971 19:00 UTC54.0°N, 38.0°WExtratropical58 mph-
08/19/1971 01:00 UTC57.5°N, 28.0°WExtratropical52 mph-
08/19/1971 07:00 UTC63.0°N, 19.0°WExtratropical46 mph-

Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best-track data · Positions every 6 hours plus landfall and peak times; winds are 1-minute sustained

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