Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · July 30 – August 5, 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 Glenda (1973) was a tropical storm of the 1973 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on July 30, 1973, 361 mi S of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) on July 31, 1973, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 6.0 days and travelled about 1,812 miles (2,915 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 11.7°N 100.8°W | open ocean |
| Jul 30 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 12.0°N 101.6°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.4°N 102.4°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 12.8°N 103.2°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.3°N 104.1°W | open ocean |
| Jul 31 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.8°N 105.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.2°N 106.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.9°N 107.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.5°N 108.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 1 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.6°N 110.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.5°N 111.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.3°N 112.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.2°N 113.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 2 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.1°N 115.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.3°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.6°N 117.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.0°N 118.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 3 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.3°N 119.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 16.7°N 120.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.1°N 121.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 17.5°N 122.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 4 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.0°N 123.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 18.5°N 124.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 19.3°N 124.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 5 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 20.5°N 124.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Glenda.
At its peak on July 31, 1973, Glenda was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h).
6.0 days, from July 30, 1973 to August 5, 1973. It travelled about 1,812 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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