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NHC AL171971 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Heidi (1971)

September 11, 1971 – September 15, 1971

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Heidi peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 103 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Heidi in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Heidi from September 11, 1971 to September 15, 1971; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 14 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 10 miles from Blue Hill, ME. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 103 US cities, in 2 states, most in Maine (89). The strongest pass was 53 mph (tropical storm) 62 miles from Nantucket, MA; the centre came closest to Bucksport, ME, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
103
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Heidi passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (14)

Maine (89)

and 29 more

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.