Storm history › East Pacific › 1970 season
Tropical Storm Selma (1970)
Selma was a tropical storm of the 1970 East Pacific season. It was tracked from November 1, 1970 to November 8, 1970, about 7 days, and covered 1,101 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,101 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.6
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 631st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Elida (2026), Tropical Storm Iselle (2026), Tropical Storm Cosme (2025) and 38 more.
- Lowest pressure: 502nd lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Pilar (2023), Tropical Storm Tara (2018), Tropical Storm Xavier (2018) and 9 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1970 East Pacific season's ACE.