1971 season

Hurricane Monica (1971)

Aug 29, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 5, 12:00 AM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
1005 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1971-08-29 00:00TD12.0°N 108.5°W25—
1971-08-29 06:00TD11.9°N 109.2°W25—
1971-08-29 12:00TD12.0°N 110.0°W25—
1971-08-29 18:00TS12.3°N 111.2°W40—
1971-08-30 00:00TS12.7°N 112.2°W40—
1971-08-30 06:00TS13.2°N 112.5°W40—
1971-08-30 12:00TS13.6°N 112.7°W50—
1971-08-30 18:00TS13.9°N 113.0°W50—
1971-08-31 00:00TS14.3°N 113.3°W50—
1971-08-31 06:00TS14.6°N 113.8°W50—
1971-08-31 12:00TS15.0°N 114.4°W50—
1971-08-31 18:00HU15.6°N 114.8°W65—
1971-09-01 00:00HU16.4°N 114.9°W65—
1971-09-01 06:00HU17.0°N 114.6°W65—
1971-09-01 12:00HU17.6°N 114.3°W75—
1971-09-01 18:00HU18.2°N 114.4°W100—
1971-09-02 00:00HU18.6°N 114.5°W100—
1971-09-02 06:00HU18.9°N 114.8°W100—
1971-09-02 12:00HU19.2°N 115.0°W75—
1971-09-02 18:00HU19.5°N 115.1°W70—
1971-09-03 00:00HU19.9°N 115.2°W65—
1971-09-03 06:00TS20.4°N 115.3°W60—
1971-09-03 12:00TS21.0°N 115.4°W50—
1971-09-03 18:00TS21.8°N 115.3°W351005
1971-09-04 00:00TD22.4°N 115.1°W25—
1971-09-04 06:00TD22.7°N 114.9°W25—
1971-09-04 12:00TD23.0°N 114.8°W25—
1971-09-04 18:00TD23.3°N 114.7°W25—
1971-09-05 00:00TD23.5°N 114.7°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.