Track map & timeline · Atlantic · October 12–17, 1970
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
The 1970 Canada Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1970 Atlantic season. It formed on October 12, 1970, 303 mi NE of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 974 mb on October 17, 1970, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.3 days and travelled about 1,730 miles (2,783 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1003 mb | 24.5°N 68.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 12 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.0°N 67.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.5°N 67.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 25.9°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 26.3°N 64.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 13 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 26.7°N 63.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1001 mb | 27.0°N 63.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 27.0°N 65.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1001 mb | 27.0°N 66.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 14 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 27.2°N 67.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 997 mb | 27.5°N 67.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 27.8°N 67.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 28.3°N 67.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 15 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 994 mb | 29.1°N 67.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 991 mb | 30.0°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 16 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 30.7°N 66.6°W | 154 mi SW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Oct 16 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 989 mb | 31.5°N 66.0°W | 90 mi SW of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Oct 16 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 982 mb | 32.5°N 64.7°W | 15 mi NNE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Oct 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 983 mb | 34.0°N 63.4°W | 142 mi NE of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda |
| Oct 17 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 974 mb | 36.4°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 975 mb | 39.0°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 42.0°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1970 Canada Hurricane.
At its peak on October 17, 1970, 1970 Canada Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 974 mb.
5.3 days, from October 12, 1970 to October 17, 1970, including 30 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,730 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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