1971 season

Hurricane Priscilla (1971)

Oct 6, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 13, 12:00 AM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
125 mph (110 kt)
Lowest pressure
951 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1971-10-06 12:00TD10.5°N 89.9°W30—
1971-10-06 18:00TD10.7°N 90.9°W30—
1971-10-07 00:00TD11.0°N 91.7°W30—
1971-10-07 06:00TD11.3°N 92.4°W30—
1971-10-07 12:00TD11.6°N 93.2°W30—
1971-10-07 18:00TS11.9°N 93.6°W40—
1971-10-08 00:00TS12.2°N 94.7°W40—
1971-10-08 06:00TS12.5°N 95.3°W40—
1971-10-08 12:00TS12.8°N 95.9°W40—
1971-10-08 18:00HU13.1°N 96.7°W70984
1971-10-09 00:00HU13.4°N 97.6°W70—
1971-10-09 06:00HU13.8°N 98.5°W70—
1971-10-09 12:00HU14.2°N 99.3°W80—
1971-10-09 18:00HU14.6°N 100.5°W90960
1971-10-10 00:00HU15.0°N 101.6°W90—
1971-10-10 06:00HU15.6°N 102.7°W90—
1971-10-10 12:00HU16.2°N 103.8°W90—
1971-10-10 18:00HU16.7°N 104.6°W110951
1971-10-11 00:00HU17.3°N 105.4°W110—
1971-10-11 06:00HU17.9°N 106.0°W110—
1971-10-11 12:00HU18.6°N 106.3°W110—
1971-10-11 18:00HU19.3°N 106.4°W80—
1971-10-12 00:00HU20.1°N 106.3°W80—
1971-10-12 06:00HU20.8°N 106.0°W70—
1971-10-12 12:00TS21.5°N 105.5°W60—
1971-10-12 18:00TS22.1°N 104.8°W40—
1971-10-13 00:00TD22.6°N 103.8°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.