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Hurricane Irene (1971)

Atlantic storm, 09/12/1971 to 10/01/1971. Peak: Category 3.

Peak strength
Category 3
Peak winds
127 mph
110 knots
Lowest pressure
948 mb
Duration
19 days

Storm track

79 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 (79)
Time (UTC)PositionStatusWindPressure
09/12/1971 01:00 UTC11.0°N, 48.5°WTropical depression29 mph1,009 mb
09/12/1971 07:00 UTC11.3°N, 50.3°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/12/1971 13:00 UTC11.7°N, 52.0°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/12/1971 19:00 UTC12.1°N, 53.5°WTropical depression29 mph1,009 mb
09/13/1971 01:00 UTC12.4°N, 55.0°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/13/1971 07:00 UTC12.5°N, 56.5°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/13/1971 13:00 UTC12.5°N, 57.8°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/13/1971 19:00 UTC12.4°N, 58.9°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/14/1971 01:00 UTC12.3°N, 59.7°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/14/1971 07:00 UTC12.2°N, 60.3°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/14/1971 13:00 UTC12.1°N, 60.8°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/14/1971 19:00 UTC12.0°N, 61.4°WTropical depression29 mph1,007 mb
09/15/1971 01:00 UTC11.9°N, 62.1°WTropical depression29 mph1,007 mb
09/15/1971 07:00 UTC11.7°N, 63.0°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/15/1971 13:00 UTC11.5°N, 64.0°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/15/1971 19:00 UTC11.4°N, 65.0°WTropical depression29 mph-
09/16/1971 01:00 UTC11.5°N, 66.2°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/16/1971 07:00 UTC11.8°N, 67.5°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/16/1971 13:00 UTC12.2°N, 68.8°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/16/1971 19:00 UTC12.5°N, 70.3°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/17/1971 01:00 UTC12.6°N, 71.7°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/17/1971 07:00 UTC12.6°N, 73.1°WTropical storm40 mph-
09/17/1971 13:00 UTC12.5°N, 74.6°WTropical storm40 mph-
09/17/1971 19:00 UTC12.3°N, 76.3°WTropical storm46 mph1,005 mb
09/18/1971 01:00 UTC12.1°N, 77.9°WTropical storm46 mph1,004 mb
09/18/1971 07:00 UTC11.9°N, 79.3°WTropical storm46 mph1,004 mb
09/18/1971 13:00 UTC11.7°N, 80.5°WTropical storm52 mph1,002 mb
09/18/1971 19:00 UTC11.5°N, 81.5°WTropical storm63 mph993 mb
09/19/1971 01:00 UTC11.4°N, 82.3°WTropical storm69 mph989 mb
09/19/1971 07:00 UTC11.4°N, 82.9°WTropical storm69 mph-
09/19/1971 13:00 UTC11.4°N, 83.6°WTropical storm69 mph992 mb
09/19/1971 16:00 UTC11.4°N, 83.9°WHurricane (landfall)75 mph-
09/19/1971 19:00 UTC11.5°N, 84.3°WTropical storm58 mph-
09/20/1971 01:00 UTC11.6°N, 85.0°WTropical storm46 mph-
09/20/1971 07:00 UTC11.7°N, 85.8°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/20/1971 13:00 UTC11.8°N, 86.5°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/20/1971 19:00 UTC12.0°N, 87.2°WTropical storm40 mph-
09/21/1971 01:00 UTC12.3°N, 87.9°WTropical storm46 mph-
09/21/1971 07:00 UTC12.5°N, 88.6°WTropical storm52 mph-
09/21/1971 13:00 UTC12.7°N, 89.4°WTropical storm58 mph-
09/21/1971 19:00 UTC12.8°N, 90.2°WTropical storm63 mph-
09/22/1971 01:00 UTC13.0°N, 90.9°WTropical storm69 mph-
09/22/1971 07:00 UTC13.2°N, 91.6°WHurricane75 mph990 mb
09/22/1971 13:00 UTC13.4°N, 92.3°WHurricane81 mph-
09/22/1971 19:00 UTC13.5°N, 93.1°WHurricane81 mph-
09/23/1971 01:00 UTC13.6°N, 94.1°WHurricane81 mph-
09/23/1971 07:00 UTC13.6°N, 95.2°WHurricane86 mph983 mb
09/23/1971 13:00 UTC13.6°N, 96.2°WHurricane86 mph-
09/23/1971 19:00 UTC13.6°N, 97.1°WHurricane86 mph981 mb
09/24/1971 01:00 UTC13.6°N, 97.9°WHurricane92 mph-
09/24/1971 07:00 UTC13.7°N, 98.9°WHurricane92 mph-
09/24/1971 13:00 UTC13.9°N, 100.2°WHurricane92 mph-
09/24/1971 19:00 UTC14.2°N, 101.5°WHurricane92 mph-
09/25/1971 01:00 UTC14.6°N, 102.8°WHurricane98 mph-
09/25/1971 07:00 UTC15.1°N, 104.1°WHurricane98 mph974 mb
09/25/1971 13:00 UTC15.8°N, 105.4°WHurricane104 mph-
09/25/1971 19:00 UTC16.5°N, 106.5°WHurricane109 mph-
09/26/1971 01:00 UTC17.3°N, 107.2°WHurricane115 mph-
09/26/1971 07:00 UTC18.1°N, 108.0°WHurricane121 mph-
09/26/1971 13:00 UTC18.8°N, 108.8°WHurricane127 mph-
09/26/1971 19:00 UTC19.3°N, 109.4°WHurricane127 mph-
09/27/1971 01:00 UTC19.6°N, 109.9°WHurricane127 mph948 mb
09/27/1971 07:00 UTC19.8°N, 110.3°WHurricane127 mph950 mb
09/27/1971 13:00 UTC19.9°N, 110.8°WHurricane121 mph-
09/27/1971 19:00 UTC19.9°N, 111.4°WHurricane115 mph-
09/28/1971 01:00 UTC19.9°N, 112.0°WHurricane104 mph963 mb
09/28/1971 07:00 UTC19.9°N, 112.6°WHurricane98 mph-
09/28/1971 13:00 UTC20.1°N, 113.0°WHurricane86 mph-
09/28/1971 19:00 UTC20.5°N, 113.4°WHurricane75 mph-
09/29/1971 01:00 UTC21.2°N, 113.9°WTropical storm63 mph-
09/29/1971 07:00 UTC22.0°N, 114.4°WTropical storm58 mph-
09/29/1971 13:00 UTC23.0°N, 114.5°WTropical storm52 mph-
09/29/1971 19:00 UTC23.9°N, 114.5°WTropical storm46 mph1,001 mb
09/30/1971 01:00 UTC24.8°N, 114.2°WTropical storm40 mph-
09/30/1971 07:00 UTC25.6°N, 114.0°WTropical depression35 mph1,002 mb
09/30/1971 13:00 UTC26.4°N, 113.7°WTropical depression35 mph-
09/30/1971 19:00 UTC27.2°N, 113.5°WTropical depression29 mph-
10/01/1971 01:00 UTC27.8°N, 113.2°WTropical depression29 mph-
10/01/1971 07:00 UTC28.0°N, 113.0°WTropical depression29 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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