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Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane Ella (1970)
8 September 1970 · North Atlantic · Category 3
Hurricane Ella formed in the North Atlantic basin on 8 September 1970 and lasted 5 days. Its sustained winds reached 204 km/h, Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 962 hPa. It made landfall in Mexico.
- Formed
- 8 September 1970
- Dissipated
- 13 September 1970
- Duration
- 5 days
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 204 km/h (110 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 3
- Minimum Pressure
- 962 hPa
Countries Hit
- Cat. 1Mexico148 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Celia222 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Alma120 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Dorothy111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Felice111 km/h
- TSTropical Storm Becky102 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth