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Tropical Storm Doria (1971)

Tropical Storm Doria was a tropical storm at its peak, with 69 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 987 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 11 of the cities we track; the strongest was Virginia Beach, VA, with a modeled peak gust of 61 mph.

Peak strength69 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
11
LandfallsFirst August 27, 1971
2
Lowest pressure
987 mb

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Doria’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. August 27, 1971, tropical storm at 69 mph, 34.6°N, 77.2°W
  2. August 28, 1971, tropical storm at 69 mph, about 29 miles from Virginia Beach, VA

Modeled winds at cities (11)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Virginia Beach, VA61 mph50 mph11 milesAug 27, 1971, 7:15 PM EDT
Atlantic City, NJ59 mph48 mph17 milesAug 28, 1971, 3:00 AM EDT
New Haven, CT56 mph46 mph32 milesAug 28, 1971, 8:45 AM EDT
Hartford, CT54 mph44 mph27 milesAug 28, 1971, 9:30 AM EDT
Bridgeport, CT54 mph44 mph24 milesAug 28, 1971, 7:45 AM EDT
Worcester, MA54 mph44 mph50 milesAug 28, 1971, 11:15 AM EDT
Manchester, NH54 mph44 mph42 milesAug 28, 1971, 12:45 PM EDT
Norwich, CT53 mph43 mph61 milesAug 28, 1971, 9:45 AM EDT
Springfield, MA51 mph41 mph22 milesAug 28, 1971, 10:00 AM EDT
Waterbury, CT50 mph40 mph19 milesAug 28, 1971, 8:30 AM EDT
New York, NY48 mph39 mph4 milesAug 28, 1971, 5:30 AM EDT

Best track (29 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 23, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph15.7°N, 59.0°W
Aug 23, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph16.3°N, 60.8°W
Aug 23, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph17.0°N, 62.5°W
Aug 23, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph18.0°N, 64.0°W
Aug 24, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph18.9°N, 65.7°W
Aug 24, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph19.3°N, 67.2°W
Aug 24, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph19.6°N, 68.4°W
Aug 24, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph20.2°N, 69.8°W
Aug 25, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph21.4°N, 71.0°W
Aug 25, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph22.2°N, 72.3°W
Aug 25, 12:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph22.7°N, 73.2°W
Aug 25, 18:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph23.1°N, 74.1°W
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