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Severe Tropical Cyclone Althea was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas 1971. One of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area, Althea was the fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season .
Tropical Cyclone Althea was a Category 4 cyclone when it hit the coast some 50 km north of Magnetic Island and Townsville in North Queensland on December 24, 1971. [1] Althea produced peak gust wind speeds between 123 and 145 miles per hour (197 and 233 km/h). Three people died and property damage was estimated at A$115 million loss (1990 value).
1822 – Reverend Archibald Macarthur, the first Presbyterian minister in Australia, arrives in Hobart. 1971 – Cyclone Althea hits Townsville and surrounding islands, killing three. 1972 – The official highest maximum temperature in Queensland, of 49.5°C (121.1°F), is recorded at Birdsville. 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of ...
Western Australia: Unknown: Unknown [50] Magda: 18 – 24 January 2010: 130 km/h (80 mph) 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) Western Australia: Unknown: Unknown [51] Paul: 24 March – 2 April 2010: 130 km/h (80 mph) 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) Northern Territory: Unknown: Unknown [52] Dianne: 14 – 22 February 2011: 140 km/h (85 mph) 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) Western ...
Cyclone Dora formed in the Coral sea east of Proserpine on February 10, 1971, it took a southeasterly track over the next 4 days away from the QLD coast turning into a low-pressure system well east of the QLD NSW border.
The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Australia. 1971 in Australia; Monarch: ... 24 December – Cyclone Althea hits Townsville and surrounding ...
Pages in category "1971 in Australia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Cyclone Althea; H. 1971 Harco work-in; M. Myponga Pop Festival; N.
Tropical cyclones are non-frontal, low-pressure systems that develop, within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft. [1] Within the Australian region, names are assigned from three pre-determined lists, to such systems, once they reach or exceed ten–minute sustained wind speeds of 65 km/h (40 mph), near the center, by either the Australian Bureau ...