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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 ...
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, [1] it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of the Sunshine Coast). It is unofficially considered the capital of North Queensland.
Cyclone Althea was a severe tropical cyclone that devastated parts of North Queensland just before Christmas during the 1971–72 Australian region cyclone season. The fourth system and second severe tropical cyclone of the season, Althea was one of the strongest storms ever to affect the Townsville area.
In December 1971, Cyclone Althea caused substantial damage to the park. Many of the 1880s trees were destroyed and others stripped of their leaves. Subsequently, the Townsville City Council erected a plaque in the park, to commemorate the role of the Australian Army in the restoration of Townsville after the cyclone. [1]
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 ...