Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 25–30, 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
Hurricane Florence (1973) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1973 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 25, 1973, 187 mi SW of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, reached its peak of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb on July 29, 1973, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 5.5 days and travelled about 1,413 miles (2,273 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 70 mi | Jul 27 · 03:00 UTC | TS 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 12.8°N 94.0°W | 169 mi SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Chiapas, Mexico |
| Jul 25 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.0°N 94.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 25 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.3°N 95.5°W | 176 mi SSE of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jul 25 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.6°N 96.0°W | 150 mi S of Crucecita, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jul 26 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.9°N 96.5°W | 128 mi S of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jul 26 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.2°N 97.0°W | 113 mi SSW of San Pedro Pochutla, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jul 26 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.6°N 97.6°W | 94 mi SSW of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jul 26 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.2°N 98.3°W | 80 mi SSW of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Jul 27 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.7°N 99.4°W | 73 mi SSW of Cruz Grande, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jul 27 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.0°N 100.8°W | 83 mi SW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jul 27 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.0°N 102.3°W | 124 mi SSW of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Jul 27 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 16.1°N 103.6°W | 159 mi SW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Jul 28 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 16.3°N 104.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.5°N 105.5°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.7°N 106.3°W | open ocean |
| Jul 28 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 17.2°N 107.0°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 17.7°N 107.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 18.2°N 108.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 12:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 18.6°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 29 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1006 mb | 18.8°N 110.7°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 19.0°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.4°N 112.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 19.8°N 113.6°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Florence. Its closest approach to a major city was 70 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on July 29, 1973, Florence was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 92 mph (148 km/h) and a central pressure of 995 mb.
5.5 days, from July 25, 1973 to July 30, 1973, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,413 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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