Storm history › East Pacific › 1971 season
Hurricane Monica (1971)
Monica was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1971 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 29, 1971 to September 5, 1971, about 7 days, and covered 1,109 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1005 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 1,109 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 8.8
DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5
How it compares
- Peak winds: 241st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Priscilla (2025), Hurricane Eugene (2017), Hurricane Otis (2017) and 35 more.
- Lowest pressure: 731st lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Aletta (2024), Tropical Storm Daniel (2024), Tropical Storm Ivette (2022) and 13 more.
- Energy: 7% of the 1971 East Pacific season's ACE.