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1970–71 Australian region cyclone season

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Field	Value
Basin	Aus
Year	1971
Track	1970-1971 Australian cyclone season summary.jpg
First storm formed	31 October 1970
Last storm dissipated	29 March 1971
Strongest storm name	Sophie
Strongest storm pressure	925
Strongest storm winds	115
Average wind speed	10
Total depressions	21
Total hurricanes	21
Total intense	10
five seasons	1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
South Indian season	1970–71 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Australian season	1970–71 South Pacific cyclone season

The 1970–71 Australian region cyclone season was the second most active tropical cyclone season in the Australian Region.

Systems

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Severe Tropical Cyclone Andrea-Claudine

|10-min winds=70 |1-min winds=40 Andrea, 31 October to 11 November 1970 in central Indian Ocean

Tropical Cyclone Carmen

|10-min winds=45 |1-min winds=35 Tropical Cyclone Carmen developed on November 20 and left the basin on November 26.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Beverley-Eva

|10-min winds=70 |1-min winds=75 Beverley, 26 November to 1 December 1970 in Arafura Sea. The decayed storm developed into Eva.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Dominique-Hilary

|10-min winds=65 |1-min winds=55 Severe Tropical Cyclone Dominique-Hilary developed on December 11 and left the basin on December 17.

Tropical Cyclone Janet

|10-min winds=60 |1-min winds=35 Janet, 19 to 25 December 1970 in central Indian Ocean

Tropical Cyclone Loris

|10-min winds=60 |1-min winds=60 Loris, 26 to 31 December 1970 crossed the Pilbara coast near Mandora with no serious damage.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Myrtle-Ginette

|10-min winds=65 |1-min winds=55 Myrtle-Ginette, 15 to 18 January 1971 near Cocos Island and moved west

Tropical Cyclone Polly

|10-min winds=60 |1-min winds= Polly formed in the Indian Ocean west of the Keeling Islands and existed from 20 to 29 January.

Tropical Cyclone Rita

|10-min winds=60 |1-min winds=60 Rita existed from 23 to 30 January 1971 passed over Exmouth, Western Australia with flood damage only.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Sophie

|10-min winds=115 |1-min winds=125 Sophie, 29 January to 6 February 1971 crossed the coast near Roebourne, Western Australia, while doing some damage.

Tropical Cyclone Aggie

|10-min winds=55 |1-min winds=55 Aggie, 1 to 4 February 1971 in Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land

Tropical Cyclone Dora

|10-min winds=45 |1-min winds=45 Cyclone Dora formed in the Coral sea east of Proserpine on February 10, 1971, it took a southeasterly track over the next 4 days away from the QLD coast turning into a low-pressure system well east of the QLD NSW border. On February 17 the system reintensified into a cyclone east of the Gold Coast and crossed the coast north of Brisbane at Redcliffe. Widespread structural damage was reported with power lines down and roofs removed.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Tilly-Iphigenie

|10-min winds=70 |1-min winds=75 Severe Tropical Cyclone Tilly-Iphigenie existed from February 10 to February 14.

Tropical Cyclone Gertie

|10-min winds=55 |1-min winds=55 Gertie, 11 to 16 February 1971 crossed near Townsville, Queensland.

Tropical Cyclone Ida

|10-min winds=60 |1-min winds=60 Ida, 15 to 22 February 1971 in Coral Sea

Tropical Cyclone Kalinka

|10-min winds=45 |1-min winds=45

Severe Tropical Cyclone Fiona

|10-min winds=85 |1-min winds=85 Severe Tropical Cyclone Fiona existed from February 16 to February 28.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Yvonne-Lise

|10-min winds=65 |1-min winds=55 Severe Tropical Cyclone Yvonne-Lise developed on February 19 and left the basin on February 23.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Maggie-Muriel

|10-min winds=85 |1-min winds=85 Severe Tropical Cyclone Maggie-Muriel developed on March 7 and left the basin on March 13.

Tropical Cyclone Lena

|10-min winds=60 |1-min winds=60 Lena, 13 to 20 March 1971 near New Caledonia

Severe Tropical Cyclone Mavis

|10-min winds=65 |1-min winds=70 Mavis, 23 to 29 March 1971 crossed coast near Denham, Western Australia causing flooding.

References

"Tropical Cyclones: Season 1970-1971 Tropical Cyclone Polly Track Map". Australian Severe Weather.
"Tropical Cyclone Dora".

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