1971 season

Hurricane Ilsa (1971)

Jul 31, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 8, 6:00 PM UTC (8.8 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (36)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1971-07-31 00:00TD11.9°N 98.2°W25—
1971-07-31 06:00TD12.0°N 99.2°W25—
1971-07-31 12:00TD12.1°N 100.1°W25—
1971-07-31 18:00TD12.3°N 101.0°W25—
1971-08-01 00:00TD12.5°N 101.8°W25—
1971-08-01 06:00TS13.4°N 103.7°W45—
1971-08-01 12:00HU14.5°N 105.4°W75—
1971-08-01 18:00HU15.5°N 106.3°W75—
1971-08-02 00:00HU16.2°N 107.2°W75—
1971-08-02 06:00HU16.5°N 108.2°W75—
1971-08-02 12:00HU16.8°N 109.2°W75—
1971-08-02 18:00HU17.1°N 110.1°W75—
1971-08-03 00:00HU17.5°N 110.8°W90—
1971-08-03 06:00HU17.8°N 111.2°W100—
1971-08-03 12:00HU18.2°N 111.5°W100—
1971-08-03 18:00HU18.5°N 111.8°W80—
1971-08-04 00:00HU18.8°N 112.0°W65978
1971-08-04 06:00HU19.1°N 112.2°W65—
1971-08-04 12:00HU19.5°N 112.5°W65—
1971-08-04 18:00HU20.1°N 112.8°W65—
1971-08-05 00:00HU20.8°N 113.5°W65—
1971-08-05 06:00HU21.2°N 114.6°W65—
1971-08-05 12:00HU21.6°N 115.8°W65—
1971-08-05 18:00TS22.0°N 117.0°W45988
1971-08-06 00:00TS22.5°N 118.2°W45—
1971-08-06 06:00TS22.9°N 119.4°W45—
1971-08-06 12:00TS23.4°N 120.5°W45—
1971-08-06 18:00TD23.8°N 121.7°W25—
1971-08-07 00:00TD23.8°N 122.9°W25—
1971-08-07 06:00TD23.5°N 123.6°W25—
1971-08-07 12:00TD23.1°N 124.2°W25—
1971-08-07 18:00TD22.9°N 124.9°W25—
1971-08-08 00:00TD22.7°N 125.6°W25—
1971-08-08 06:00TD22.5°N 126.3°W25—
1971-08-08 12:00TD22.3°N 127.1°W25—
1971-08-08 18:00TD22.3°N 127.1°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.