1970–71 South Pacific cyclone season

{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=SPac

|Formed=December 15

|Dissipated=December 19

|Pressure=990

|10-min winds=40

|Track=Priscilla 1970 track.png

}}

During December 15, a small tropical depression developed about {{convert|278|km|mi|round=5|abbr=on}} to the north of Yasawa-i-Rara in Fiji's Yasawa Islands.{{cite report|title=Publication No. 2: Tropical Cyclones in Fiji: November 1969 – April 1980|publisher=Fiji Meteorological Service|author=Krishna, Ram|date=January 4, 1981}} Over the next day, the system drifted westwards, before it started to move southwards and intensify further. The system subsequently became equivalent to a modern-day category 1 tropical cyclone, with 10-minute sustained wind speeds of 75 km/h (45 mph) during December 17.{{cite web|url={{IBTRACS url|id=1970351S17176}}|title=1970 Tropical Cyclone Priscilla (1970351S17176)|publisher=International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship|accessdate=October 21, 2019}} During that day, the system passed about {{convert|95|km|mi|round=5|abbr=on}} to the west of Nadi and started to move south-eastwards and passed well to the south of Ono-I-Lau during December 18. The system was last noted during the next day, after it had moved below 25S and out of the tropics. It was thought that the system caused gale-force winds in parts of Viti Levu, Vatulele, Kandavu and the Yasawa and Mamanutha group of islands.

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{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=SPac

|Formed=December 30

|Dissipated=January 6

|Pressure=980

|10-min winds=45

|1-min winds=55

|Track=Rosie 1970 track.png

}}

Cyclone Rosie was a weak cyclone which existed in late December 1970 near New Caledonia.

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{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=SPac

|Track=Ida 1971 track.png

|Formed=February 15

|Dissipated=February 23

|Pressure=980

|10-min winds=46

|1-min winds=52

}}

Cyclone Ida existed from 16 to 22 February 1971 in the Coral Sea.

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{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=SPac

|Track=Fiona 1971 track.png

|Formed=February 24

|Dissipated=March 1

|Pressure=991

|10-min winds=37

|1-min winds=42

}}

Cyclone Fiona existed from 16 to 28 February 1971. It developed from remains of Cyclone Gertie, which was located in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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{{Infobox Hurricane Small

|Basin=SPac

|Track=Lena 1971 track.png

|Formed=March 13

|Dissipated=March 23

|Pressure=980

|10-min winds=51

|1-min winds=58

}}

Cyclone Lena existed from 13 to 20 March 1971 near New Caledonia.

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Tropical Depression Nora caused minor damage and gale-force winds over the Yasawa and Mamanuca islands, Viti-Levu as well as the Lomaiviti Islands, when it impacted Fiji between October 29–30.{{cite report|title=Tropical Cyclones affecting Fiji: November 1969 to April 1980|date=October 20, 1980|publisher=Fiji Meteorological Service|author=Waygood, J.L.M.|type=Information Sheet No. 59}}

Cyclone Dora formed in the Coral Sea east of Proserpine on February 10, 1971. It took a southeasterly track over the next four days, away from the Queensland coast, turning into a low pressure system well east of the Queensland/New South Wales border. On February 17, the system reintensified into a cyclone east of the Gold Coast, and it crossed the Queensland coast north of Brisbane at Redcliffe. Widespread structural damage was reported, with numerous power lines falling and roofs being uproofed.

During March 8, Tropical Cyclone Thelma impacted Western and Southwestern Fiji and caused flooding in Ba.{{cite report|title=Flooding in the Fiji Islands between 1840 and 2009|publisher=Risk Frontiers|author2=Yeo, Stephen W|date=October 1, 2010|url=https://www.riskfrontiers.com/pdf/Floods%20in%20Fiji%201840-2009%20-%20Risk%20Frontiers%20final.pdf|accessdate=July 27, 2014|url-status=live|author=McGree, Simon|archivedate=March 16, 2014|author3=Devi, Swastika|page=41|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316104935/http://www.riskfrontiers.com/RFfrontimages/Floods%20in%20Fiji%201840-2009%20-%20Risk%20Frontiers%20final.pdf}}

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{{Tropical cyclone season effects (cyclone)|name=Nora|formed=October 29, 1970|dissipated=October 30, 1970|category=TD|winds=Not Specified|pressure=Not Specified|affected=Fiji|damages=Minor|deaths=|refs=}}

{{Tropical cyclone season effects (cyclone)|name=Priscilla|formed=December 15, 1970|dissipated=December 19, 1970|category=Aus1|winds=40|pressure=990|affected=Fiji|damages=Minor|deaths=|refs=}}

{{Tropical cyclone season effects (cyclone)|name=Rosie|formed=December 30, 1970|dissipated=January 4, 1971|category=Aus2|winds=55|pressure=980|affected=Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand|damages=Minor|deaths=|refs={{cite report|date=February 19, 1991|url=http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/JB_DM178_VUT_1939-89_TC.pdf|title=Tropical cyclones in Vanuatu: 1939 to 1989|publisher=Vanuatu Meteorological Service|accessdate=September 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913213657/http://www.pacificdisaster.net/pdnadmin/data/original/JB_DM178_VUT_1939-89_TC.pdf|archivedate=September 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|publisher=International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship|url={{IBTRACS url|id=1970364S15165}}|title=1970 Tropical Cyclone (Storm) Rosie (1970364S15165)|accessdate=April 2, 2019}}}}

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{{portal|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

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Category:South Pacific cyclone seasons

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