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Hurricane Denise (1971)

Denise came within 281 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a tropical depression on 13 July 1971. It had peaked far out at sea at 120 kt and was weakening as it neared the islands. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
120 kt (138 mph) Category 4
Lowest pressure
951 mb
Closest pass
281 km (175 mi) from Hawaii
When
13 July 1971
Distance from Honolulu
612 km (380 mi)
Lifetime
12 days 2 July 1971 – 14 July 1971
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Denise was 281 km (175 mi) from Hawaii on 13 July 1971, as a tropical depression with 25 kt (29 mph) winds, approaching from the south.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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