Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 21–23, 2023
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 Harold (2023) was a tropical storm of the 2023 Atlantic season. It formed on August 21, 2023, 238 mi N of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 995 mb on August 22, 2023, and made landfall 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas on August 22, 2023 as a tropical storm (58 mph). The storm lasted 2.0 days and travelled about 950 miles (1,529 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2023 · 15:00 UTC | 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas | TS 58 mph | 995 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Christi, Texas | 48 mi | Aug 22 · 16:00 UTC | TS 54 mph |
| McAllen, Texas | 73 mi | Aug 22 · 17:00 UTC | TS 50 mph |
| Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico | direct hit | Aug 22 · 22:00 UTC | TD 38 mph |
| Laredo, Texas | direct hit | Aug 22 · 22:00 UTC | TD 38 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 21 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 24.7°N 89.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 25.0°N 90.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1008 mb | 25.4°N 92.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1003 mb | 25.8°N 94.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 996 mb | 26.8°N 96.4°W | 93 mi NE of Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 22 15:00 | TS LANDFALL | 58 mph | 995 mb | 27.1°N 97.4°W | 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas |
| Aug 22 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 997 mb | 27.3°N 98.3°W | 31 mi WSW of Kingsville, Texas |
| Aug 23 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1002 mb | 27.7°N 100.1°W | 39 mi WNW of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Aug 23 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 28.5°N 101.7°W | 44 mi NNW of Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Aug 23 12:00 | TD low/wave | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 29.7°N 103.3°W | 68 mi E of Manuel Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Harold made landfall once: 40 mi SE of Kingsville, Texas on August 22, 2023 at 15:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 58 mph winds.
At its peak on August 22, 2023, Harold was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 995 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
2.0 days, from August 21, 2023 to August 23, 2023. It travelled about 950 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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