Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 26 – September 4, 1973
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
Tropical Storm Christine (1973) was a tropical storm of the 1973 Atlantic season. It formed on August 26, 1973, 68 mi W of Kamsar, Guinea, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb on August 31, 1973, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.8 days and travelled about 3,542 miles (5,698 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | 74 mi | Aug 26 · 00:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico | 31 mi | Sep 4 · 16:00 UTC | TD 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.8°N 15.6°W | 54 mi S of Bolama, Guinea-Bissau |
| Aug 26 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 10.7°N 17.0°W | 124 mi SW of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
| Aug 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 18.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 19.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 21.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 22.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 23.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 25.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.5°N 26.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 10.5°N 28.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.5°N 29.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.5°N 31.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.4°N 33.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.3°N 35.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.2°N 36.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.2°N 38.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.1°N 39.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.1°N 40.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.1°N 42.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1007 mb | 10.3°N 43.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 10.7°N 44.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 11.2°N 45.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 11.7°N 46.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1003 mb | 12.4°N 47.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.0°N 49.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.6°N 50.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1002 mb | 14.3°N 52.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.6°N 53.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 999 mb | 14.9°N 54.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.0°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 15.2°N 56.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1003 mb | 15.4°N 57.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 15.7°N 58.8°W | 159 mi ENE of Le Robert, Martinique |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.1°N 59.6°W | 112 mi E of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1008 mb | 16.5°N 60.5°W | 54 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.8°N 61.6°W | 27 mi SE of Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda |
| Sep 4 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 17.1°N 62.7°W | 14 mi S of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Sep 4 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.7°N 63.8°W | 62 mi E of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 4 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.4°N 65.0°W | near Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Sep 4 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.0°N 66.2°W | 37 mi N of San Juan, Puerto Rico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Christine. Its closest approach to a major city was 31 miles from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
At its peak on August 31, 1973, Christine was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 999 mb.
9.8 days, from August 26, 1973 to September 4, 1973. It travelled about 3,542 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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