1971 season

Tropical Storm Laura (1971)

Nov 12, 12:00 PM UTC – Nov 22, 6:00 AM UTC (9.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
70 mph (60 kt)
Lowest pressure
994 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (40)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1971-11-12 12:00TD12.0°N 78.5°W25—
1971-11-12 18:00TD12.3°N 78.8°W30—
1971-11-13 00:00TD12.7°N 79.2°W30—
1971-11-13 06:00TD13.2°N 79.6°W30—
1971-11-13 12:00TD13.8°N 80.0°W301008
1971-11-13 18:00TD14.5°N 80.6°W30—
1971-11-14 00:00TD15.2°N 81.3°W30—
1971-11-14 06:00TD15.9°N 81.9°W30—
1971-11-14 12:00TS16.6°N 82.5°W35—
1971-11-14 18:00TS17.3°N 83.1°W401004
1971-11-15 00:00TS18.1°N 83.5°W401003
1971-11-15 06:00TS18.9°N 83.8°W451002
1971-11-15 12:00TS19.8°N 84.0°W55—
1971-11-15 18:00TS20.4°N 84.1°W60—
1971-11-16 00:00TS21.0°N 84.0°W60998
1971-11-16 06:00TS21.4°N 83.8°W60—
1971-11-16 12:00TS21.6°N 83.6°W60—
1971-11-16 18:00TS21.4°N 83.4°W60—
1971-11-17 00:00TS21.1°N 83.3°W60995
1971-11-17 06:00TS20.5°N 83.5°W60—
1971-11-17 12:00TS20.0°N 83.9°W60994
1971-11-17 18:00TS19.8°N 84.2°W55996
1971-11-18 00:00TS19.6°N 84.5°W501000
1971-11-18 06:00TS19.6°N 84.7°W501000
1971-11-18 12:00TS19.7°N 85.0°W45—
1971-11-18 18:00TS19.9°N 85.3°W451001
1971-11-19 00:00TS19.7°N 85.5°W451003
1971-11-19 06:00TS19.4°N 85.6°W45—
1971-11-19 12:00TS19.0°N 85.6°W45—
1971-11-19 18:00TS18.5°N 85.7°W501000
1971-11-20 00:00TS18.1°N 86.0°W50—
1971-11-20 06:00TS17.8°N 86.5°W501000
1971-11-20 12:00TS17.6°N 87.1°W551000
1971-11-20 18:00TS17.2°N 87.7°W60997
1971-11-21 00:00TS16.9°N 88.0°W55—
1971-11-21 06:00TS16.7°N 87.5°W45—
1971-11-21 12:00TS16.5°N 87.0°W45—
1971-11-21 18:00TS16.5°N 86.5°W351009
1971-11-22 00:00TD16.5°N 86.0°W30—
1971-11-22 06:00TD16.5°N 85.5°W25—

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.