Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · September 17–25, 2020
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. During the replay the shaded rings show the storm’s wind field as analysed by NHC — 39+, 58+ and 74+ mph winds, quadrant by quadrant. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Tropical Storm Beta (2020) was a tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic season. It formed on September 17, 2020, 155 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 993 mb on September 20, 2020, and made landfall 20 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas on September 22, 2020 as a tropical storm (52 mph). The storm lasted 8.0 days and travelled about 1,502 miles (2,417 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2020 · 03:00 UTC | 20 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas | TS 52 mph | 997 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 73 mi | Sep 22 · 05:00 UTC | TS 48 mph |
| Cypress, Texas | 41 mi | Sep 23 · 07:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Houston, Texas | 18 mi | Sep 23 · 08:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Pasadena, Texas | direct hit | Sep 23 · 08:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Beaumont, Texas | direct hit | Sep 23 · 15:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 46 mi | Sep 24 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 69 mi | Sep 24 · 03:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Jackson, Mississippi | 17 mi | Sep 24 · 13:00 UTC | TD 28 mph |
| Birmingham, Alabama | 27 mi | Sep 25 · 03:00 UTC | TD 20 mph |
| Huntsville, Alabama | 44 mi | Sep 25 · 06:00 UTC | TD 17 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 06:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 21.1°N 94.9°W | 155 mi NNE of Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 17 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 21.5°N 94.7°W | 170 mi ENE of Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz, Mexico |
| Sep 17 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 21.8°N 94.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 22.0°N 94.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 22.6°N 94.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1005 mb | 23.2°N 93.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 24.1°N 93.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1000 mb | 25.2°N 92.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 25.8°N 92.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 994 mb | 26.4°N 92.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 995 mb | 26.6°N 92.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 997 mb | 26.8°N 92.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 998 mb | 26.9°N 92.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 27.1°N 92.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 996 mb | 27.5°N 93.6°W | 144 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 993 mb | 27.5°N 94.1°W | 126 mi SE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 995 mb | 27.6°N 94.8°W | 100 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 997 mb | 27.8°N 95.5°W | 80 mi S of Freeport, Texas |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 28.1°N 96.0°W | 52 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 998 mb | 28.3°N 96.3°W | 29 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas |
| Sep 22 03:00 | TS LANDFALL | 52 mph | 997 mb | 28.4°N 96.4°W | 20 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 999 mb | 28.6°N 96.6°W | near Port Lavaca, Texas |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1002 mb | 28.8°N 96.8°W | 12 mi E of Victoria, Texas |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 28.9°N 96.5°W | 21 mi NNE of Port Lavaca, Texas |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 29.0°N 95.8°W | 10 mi E of Bay City, Texas |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 29.4°N 95.4°W | 13 mi SSW of Pearland, Texas |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 30.0°N 94.6°W | 29 mi NE of Baytown, Texas |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1006 mb | 30.3°N 93.8°W | 15 mi NNW of Orange, Texas |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1005 mb | 30.8°N 92.4°W | 21 mi N of Eunice, Louisiana |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1004 mb | 31.6°N 91.5°W | near Natchez, Mississippi |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | 1003 mb | 32.4°N 90.6°W | 17 mi WNW of Clinton, Mississippi |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1008 mb | 33.0°N 89.1°W | 35 mi SSW of Starkville, Mississippi |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TD extratropical | 23 mph | 1009 mb | 33.6°N 87.6°W | 27 mi N of Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TD extratropical | 17 mph | 1010 mb | 34.1°N 86.5°W | 20 mi SW of Albertville, Alabama |
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Questions
Beta made landfall once: 20 mi SE of Port Lavaca, Texas on September 22, 2020 at 03:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds.
At its peak on September 20, 2020, Beta was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 993 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
8.0 days, from September 17, 2020 to September 25, 2020. It travelled about 1,502 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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