Hurricane Edith (1971)
Sep 5, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 18, 12:00 PM UTC (12.8 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 4
- Max sustained wind
- 150 mph (130 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 943 mb
- Landfalls
- 3
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Sep 9, 8:00 PM UTC · 14.9°N 83.3°W · Hurricane · 150 mph · 943 mb
- Sep 11, 4:00 AM UTC · 17.7°N 88.2°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
- Sep 16, 1:00 PM UTC · 29.6°N 92.8°W · Hurricane · 90 mph · 978 mb
Every track point (55)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-09-05 18:00 | TD | 11.4°N 57.7°W | 25 | 1010 | |
| 1971-09-06 00:00 | TD | 11.6°N 59.4°W | 30 | — | |
| 1971-09-06 06:00 | TD | 11.8°N 61.1°W | 30 | — | |
| 1971-09-06 12:00 | TD | 12.0°N 62.8°W | 30 | — | |
| 1971-09-06 18:00 | TD | 12.2°N 64.4°W | 30 | — | |
| 1971-09-07 00:00 | TD | 12.3°N 66.0°W | 30 | — | |
| 1971-09-07 06:00 | TS | 12.5°N 67.7°W | 35 | — | |
| 1971-09-07 12:00 | TS | 12.7°N 69.3°W | 45 | 1006 | |
| 1971-09-07 18:00 | TS | 12.9°N 70.9°W | 60 | 995 | |
| 1971-09-08 00:00 | TS | 13.1°N 72.4°W | 60 | — | |
| 1971-09-08 06:00 | HU | 13.3°N 73.9°W | 65 | 993 | |
| 1971-09-08 12:00 | HU | 13.6°N 75.6°W | 70 | — | |
| 1971-09-08 18:00 | HU | 13.8°N 77.2°W | 80 | 982 | |
| 1971-09-09 00:00 | HU | 14.0°N 78.8°W | 90 | 973 | |
| 1971-09-09 06:00 | HU | 14.2°N 80.4°W | 100 | — | |
| 1971-09-09 12:00 | HU | 14.5°N 81.8°W | 110 | 960 | |
| 1971-09-09 18:00 | HU | 14.8°N 83.0°W | 130 | 943 | |
| 1971-09-09 20:00 | HU | 14.9°N 83.3°W | 130 | 943 | Landfall |
| 1971-09-10 00:00 | HU | 15.1°N 84.0°W | 90 | — | |
| 1971-09-10 06:00 | HU | 15.4°N 84.9°W | 65 | — | |
| 1971-09-10 12:00 | TS | 15.8°N 85.9°W | 55 | — | |
| 1971-09-10 18:00 | TS | 16.3°N 86.9°W | 55 | — | |
| 1971-09-11 00:00 | TS | 17.1°N 87.8°W | 60 | — | |
| 1971-09-11 04:00 | TS | 17.7°N 88.2°W | 60 | — | Landfall |
| 1971-09-11 06:00 | TS | 18.0°N 88.5°W | 55 | — | |
| 1971-09-11 12:00 | TS | 18.6°N 89.2°W | 45 | — | |
| 1971-09-11 18:00 | TS | 19.3°N 89.9°W | 35 | — | |
| 1971-09-12 00:00 | TS | 20.0°N 90.6°W | 40 | 1000 | |
| 1971-09-12 06:00 | TS | 20.7°N 91.4°W | 40 | 1001 | |
| 1971-09-12 12:00 | TS | 21.4°N 92.1°W | 40 | — | |
| 1971-09-12 18:00 | TS | 21.9°N 92.8°W | 40 | 1000 | |
| 1971-09-13 00:00 | TS | 22.1°N 93.4°W | 40 | — | |
| 1971-09-13 06:00 | TS | 22.5°N 94.2°W | 45 | 998 | |
| 1971-09-13 12:00 | TS | 22.9°N 95.1°W | 45 | — | |
| 1971-09-13 18:00 | TS | 23.3°N 96.1°W | 45 | 999 | |
| 1971-09-14 00:00 | TS | 23.4°N 96.9°W | 45 | — | |
| 1971-09-14 06:00 | TS | 23.5°N 97.4°W | 45 | — | |
| 1971-09-14 12:00 | TS | 23.7°N 97.6°W | 50 | — | |
| 1971-09-14 18:00 | TS | 24.0°N 97.5°W | 55 | 992 | |
| 1971-09-15 00:00 | TS | 24.3°N 97.4°W | 60 | 989 | |
| 1971-09-15 06:00 | HU | 24.7°N 97.2°W | 65 | 984 | |
| 1971-09-15 12:00 | HU | 25.3°N 96.8°W | 70 | 981 | |
| 1971-09-15 18:00 | HU | 26.2°N 96.2°W | 70 | 982 | |
| 1971-09-16 00:00 | HU | 27.2°N 95.5°W | 75 | 979 | |
| 1971-09-16 06:00 | HU | 28.4°N 94.5°W | 80 | 977 | |
| 1971-09-16 12:00 | HU | 29.4°N 93.2°W | 80 | 978 | |
| 1971-09-16 13:00 | HU | 29.6°N 92.8°W | 80 | 978 | Landfall |
| 1971-09-16 18:00 | HU | 30.5°N 91.6°W | 65 | — | |
| 1971-09-17 00:00 | TS | 31.6°N 90.3°W | 45 | — | |
| 1971-09-17 06:00 | TS | 32.3°N 89.0°W | 35 | — | |
| 1971-09-17 12:00 | TD | 33.0°N 87.8°W | 30 | — | |
| 1971-09-17 18:00 | TD | 33.4°N 86.8°W | 25 | — | |
| 1971-09-18 00:00 | TD | 33.7°N 85.8°W | 20 | — | |
| 1971-09-18 06:00 | TD | 34.0°N 84.8°W | 20 | — | |
| 1971-09-18 12:00 | TD | 34.1°N 83.8°W | 20 | — |
From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.