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1971 West Pacific typhoon season

The 1971 West Pacific season had 33 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 23 of them typhoons and 11 major (Category 3 or stronger). 5 reached Category 5: Amy, Nadine, Wendy, Bess, Irma.

The first storm was tracked from January 8, 1971 and the last ended on December 29, 1971. The strongest by wind was Typhoon Irma (1971), at 180 mph (285 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 368.3.

Storms
33
Typhoons
23
Major
11
Category 5
5
ACE
368.3
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongest
Tropical Storm SarahJan 8 – Jan 1460 mph990 mbTropical storm
Tropical Storm ThelmaMar 15 – Mar 2450 mph994 mbTropical storm
Unnamed storm 3, 1971 West PacificApr 3 – Apr 7——Storm
Typhoon VeraApr 7 – Apr 22105 mph965 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Typhoon WandaApr 22 – May 585 mph980 mbCategory 1 typhoon
Typhoon AmyApr 27 – May 7175 mph890 mbCategory 5 typhoon
Tropical Storm BabeMay 2 – May 1265 mph990 mbTropical storm
Unnamed storm 8, 1971 West PacificMay 16 – May 19——Storm
Tropical Storm CarlaMay 17 – May 2460 mph995 mbTropical storm
Typhoon DinahMay 21 – May 31105 mph960 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Tropical Storm EmmaMay 27 – Jun 340 mph1000 mbTropical storm
Typhoon FredaJun 9 – Jun 1985 mph980 mbCategory 1 typhoon
Unnamed storm 13, 1971 West PacificJun 13 – Jun 17——Storm
Typhoon GildaJun 22 – Jun 29105 mph975 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Typhoon HarrietJun 30 – Jul 8145 mph925 mbCategory 4 typhoon
Tropical Storm IvyJul 4 – Jul 1070 mph990 mbTropical storm
Tropical Storm KimJul 8 – Jul 1460 mph980 mbTropical storm
Typhoon JeanJul 8 – Jul 19100 mph975 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Typhoon LucyJul 11 – Jul 24150 mph910 mbCategory 4 typhoon
Typhoon NadineJul 19 – Jul 27175 mph900 mbCategory 5 typhoon
Storm LucyJul 20 – Jul 21——Storm
Typhoon OliveJul 24 – Aug 10100 mph935 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Tropical Storm PollyAug 3 – Aug 1645 mph980 mbTropical storm
Typhoon RoseAug 6 – Aug 17140 mph960 mbCategory 4 typhoon
Unnamed storm 25, 1971 West PacificAug 8 – Aug 10——Storm
Typhoon ShirleyAug 10 – Aug 19105 mph955 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Typhoon TrixAug 18 – Sep 5115 mph915 mbCategory 3 typhoon
Unnamed tropical depression 28, 1971 West PacificAug 23 – Aug 3035 mph988 mbTropical depression
Unnamed storm 29, 1971 West PacificAug 28 – Sep 1——Storm
Typhoon VirginiaAug 30 – Sep 10115 mph955 mbCategory 3 typhoon
Typhoon WendySep 3 – Sep 15160 mph915 mbCategory 5 typhoon
Typhoon AgnesSep 8 – Sep 1985 mph975 mbCategory 1 typhoon
Unnamed storm 33, 1971 West PacificSep 12 – Sep 15——Storm
Unnamed tropical depression 34, 1971 West PacificSep 13 – Sep 1730 mph—Tropical depression
Typhoon BessSep 15 – Sep 26160 mph905 mbCategory 5 typhoon
Tropical Storm CarmenSep 22 – Sep 2960 mph990 mbTropical storm
Typhoon DellaSep 24 – Oct 180 mph980 mbCategory 1 typhoon
Unnamed storm 38, 1971 West PacificSep 25 – Sep 30——Storm
Typhoon ElaineOct 1 – Oct 10115 mph965 mbCategory 3 typhoon
Typhoon Faye / GloriaOct 2 – Oct 1675 mph985 mbCategory 1 typhoon
Unnamed storm 41, 1971 West PacificOct 5 – Oct 7——Storm
Unnamed storm 42, 1971 West PacificOct 7 – Oct 17—992 mbStorm
Typhoon HesterOct 18 – Oct 24105 mph970 mbCategory 2 typhoon
Unnamed storm 44, 1971 West PacificNov 4 – Nov 8——Storm
Unnamed storm 45, 1971 West PacificNov 5 – Nov 8——Storm
Typhoon IrmaNov 7 – Nov 17180 mph885 mbCategory 5 typhoon
Tropical Storm JudyNov 15 – Nov 1950 mph1000 mbTropical storm
Unnamed storm 48, 1971 West PacificNov 20 – Nov 24——Storm
Unnamed storm 49, 1971 West PacificNov 27 – Nov 30——Storm
Unnamed storm 50, 1971 West PacificDec 27 – Dec 29——Storm