1971 season

Hurricane Francesca (1971)

Jul 18, 12:00 AM UTC – Jul 23, 12:00 PM UTC (5.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
991 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (23)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1971-07-18 00:00TD11.3°N 105.7°W25—
1971-07-18 06:00TD11.4°N 106.5°W25—
1971-07-18 12:00TD11.6°N 107.2°W25—
1971-07-18 18:00TD12.1°N 108.3°W30—
1971-07-19 00:00TS12.7°N 109.3°W40—
1971-07-19 06:00TS13.4°N 110.8°W40—
1971-07-19 12:00HU14.1°N 112.2°W75—
1971-07-19 18:00HU14.9°N 113.3°W100—
1971-07-20 00:00HU15.7°N 114.5°W100—
1971-07-20 06:00HU16.1°N 115.4°W100—
1971-07-20 12:00HU16.6°N 116.4°W100—
1971-07-20 18:00TS16.8°N 116.7°W60991
1971-07-21 00:00TS16.9°N 117.0°W60—
1971-07-21 06:00TS16.8°N 118.7°W60—
1971-07-21 12:00TS16.7°N 120.3°W40—
1971-07-21 18:00TS16.6°N 121.1°W401005
1971-07-22 00:00TS16.6°N 122.0°W40—
1971-07-22 06:00TS16.6°N 123.2°W40—
1971-07-22 12:00TS16.5°N 124.4°W35—
1971-07-22 18:00TS16.4°N 125.9°W45995
1971-07-23 00:00TS16.1°N 127.3°W45—
1971-07-23 06:00TS15.8°N 128.2°W45—
1971-07-23 12:00TS15.3°N 129.0°W35—

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.