Storm history › East Pacific › 1971 season
Hurricane Carlotta (1971)
Carlotta was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1971 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 2, 1971 to July 8, 1971, about 7 days, and covered 1,998 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
- Peak wind
- 85 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,998 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 407th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Henriette (2025), Hurricane Lorena (2025), Hurricane Hone (2024) and 92 more.
- Lowest pressure: 321st lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Octave (2025), Hurricane Max (2017), Hurricane Lowell (2014) and 8 more.
- Energy: 4% of the 1971 East Pacific season's ACE.