1971 season

Hurricane Agatha (1971)

May 21, 12:00 PM UTC – May 25, 12:00 PM UTC (4.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
972 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (17)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1971-05-21 12:00TS12.2°N 93.1°W45—
1971-05-21 18:00TS12.5°N 93.9°W45—
1971-05-22 00:00TS12.7°N 94.8°W45—
1971-05-22 06:00TS13.0°N 96.1°W45—
1971-05-22 12:00TS13.3°N 97.5°W45—
1971-05-22 18:00HU13.6°N 98.7°W65—
1971-05-23 00:00HU14.1°N 99.8°W75—
1971-05-23 06:00HU14.7°N 100.5°W75—
1971-05-23 12:00HU15.2°N 100.9°W75—
1971-05-23 18:00HU15.7°N 101.2°W75972
1971-05-24 00:00HU16.1°N 101.5°W75—
1971-05-24 06:00HU16.5°N 101.8°W75—
1971-05-24 12:00HU17.0°N 102.1°W85—
1971-05-24 18:00HU17.6°N 102.3°W75—
1971-05-25 00:00TD18.2°N 102.4°W25—
1971-05-25 06:00TD19.1°N 102.6°W25—
1971-05-25 12:00TD19.9°N 102.9°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.