1970–71 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Cyclone season in the Southwest Indian Ocean SWI 1971 1970-1971 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season summary.jpg 16 September 1970 21 March 1971 Maggie-Muriel 951 105 10 16 15 15 10 4 0 32 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 1970–71 Australian region cyclone season 1970–71 South Pacific cyclone season The 1970–71 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was an above-average cyclone season. The season officially ran from November 1, 1970, to April 30, 1971. Systems Tropical Disturbance Andree SWI Andree 1970-09-19 0850Z.png Andree 1970 track.png September 16 September 19 25 30 Moderate Tropical Storm Betsy SWI Betsy 1970-10-06 0818Z.png Betsy 1970 track.png October 1 October 8 35 35 Moderate Tropical Storm Andrea–Claudine SWI Andrea-Claudine 1970-11-04 0545Z.png Andrea-Claudine 1970 track.png November 10 (Crossed 80°E) November 13 970 35 35 Andrea-Claudine, 10 November to 13 November 1970 in central Indian Ocean Intense Tropical Cyclone Hilary–Dominique SWI Hilary-Dominique 1970-12-19 0703Z.png Hilary-Dominique 1970 track.png December 12 December 28 90 100 Hilary, 11 to 18 December 1970 in central Indian Ocean Moderate Tropical Storm Edith SWI Edith 1971-01-18 0933Z.png SWI Edith 1971 track.png January 5 January 10 35 35 Tropical Cyclone Felicie SWI Felicie 1971-02-01 0904Z.png Felicie 1971 track.png January 17 February 6 65 75 Cyclone Felicie was a slow moving cyclone that made a large number of landfalls in Madagascar, 4, in addition to a single landfall in Mozambique, which reportedly killed 30 people. The storm followed a very erratic track due to unusual steering patterns, and went through many cycles of strengthening and weakening as it slowly trudged to the south. Felicie reached Tropical Cyclone status three separate times, before finally becoming extratropical southwest of Madagascar.Global tropical/extratropical cyclone climatic atlas Tropical Storm Felice, 17 January- 5 February 1996 National Climatic Data Center February 11, 2019 SWI 1971_2 Tropical Cyclone Myrtle–Ginette SWI Myrtle-Ginette 1971-01-21 0645Z.png Myrtle-Ginette 1971 track.png January 15 January 31 80 90 On January 19, Severe Tropical Cyclone Myrtle entered the South-West Indian Ocean; therefore, it was assigned a second name, Ginette. The next day, Ginette reached hurricane status and developed a clear eye as it traveled generally west-southwestward. On January 22, Ginette curved southwestward and came within 72 km mi off us of the island of Rodrigues. On Rodrigues, winds as high as 150 km/h mph on were recorded along with a minimum barometric pressure of 989 mbar inHg on. Throughout the next two days, Ginette approached the island of Reunion, causing stormy weather that lasted until January 29. In Reunion, swells associated with Ginette reached 6 m ft off us at times. On January 25, Ginette became stationary while located south of Reunion. The next day, Ginette encountered a ridge which caused it to execute a small clockwise loop. After completing the loop, Ginette accelerated southeastward and gradually weakened. By January 31, Ginette had transitioned into an extratropical cyclone.SWI 1971_1 Hurricane Ginette, 17–31 January February 12, 2019 Global tropical/extratropical cyclone climatic atlas 1996 National Climatic Data Center Tropical Cyclone Helga SWI Helga 1971-02-07 0803Z.png Helga 1971 track.png February 2 February 15 80 90 On February 8, Helga passed southeast of Réunion and Mauritius, bringing heavy rainfall to the former island, reaching 926 mm in on at Commerson. Two people died on the island due to drowning.Global tropical/extratropical cyclone climatic atlas Hurricane Helga, 3–12 February 1996 National Climatic Data Center February 11, 2019 SWI 1971_4 Tropical Cyclone Tilly-Iphigenie SWI Tilly-Iphigenie 1971 track.png February 14 (entered basin) February 17 970 65 65 Tropical Cyclone Joelle SWI Joelle 1971-02-17 0917Z.png Joelle 1971 track.png February 15 February 25 65 65 Tropical Cyclone Kalinka SWI Kalinka 1971-02-20 0700Z.png Kalinka 1971 track.png February 16 February 26 75 85 Tropical Cyclone Yvonne–Lise SWI Yvonne-Lise 1971-02-26 0746Z.png Yvonne-Lise 1971 track.png February 21 March 3 70 80 Intense Tropical Cyclone Maggie–Muriel SWI Maggie-Muriel 1971-03-15 0714Z.png Maggie-Muriel 1971 track.png March 7 March 18 951 90 100 Maggie/Muriel, 7 to 20 March 1971 in central Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone Nelly SWI Nelly 1971-03-17 0917Z.png Nelly 1971 track.png March 12 March 22 65 75 See also Tropical cyclones Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1970, 1971 Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1970, 1971 Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1970, 1971 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1970, 1971 References 2 1970 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone yes 1970 y Category:1970–71 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season Category:South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons