Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · June 26–30, 1973
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01 · The story
Tropical Storm Claudia (1973) was a tropical storm of the 1973 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on June 26, 1973, reached its peak of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 999 mb on June 28, 1973, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.0 days and travelled about 644 miles (1,036 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 9 mi | Jun 28 · 23:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 10.6°N 95.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.1°N 96.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.7°N 97.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.1°N 97.4°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.5°N 97.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.7°N 97.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.9°N 98.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 27 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.3°N 98.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 28 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.7°N 98.5°W | 175 mi SSW of Río Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jun 28 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.3°N 98.9°W | 152 mi SSW of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jun 28 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.0°N 99.3°W | 118 mi SSW of Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 28 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 999 mb | 16.0°N 99.8°W | 59 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 29 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 17.0°N 100.1°W | near Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 29 06:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 17.0°N 100.0°W | 12 mi NNW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 29 12:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 17.0°N 99.8°W | 13 mi NE of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 29 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 17.6°N 99.9°W | 15 mi WSW of Chichihualco, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jun 30 00:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 18.2°N 100.1°W | 14 mi SE of Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Claudia. Its closest approach to a major city was 9 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on June 28, 1973, Claudia was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) and a central pressure of 999 mb.
4.0 days, from June 26, 1973 to June 30, 1973. It travelled about 644 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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