Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 29 – October 9, 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 Katherine (1973) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1973 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 29, 1973, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 978 mb on October 2, 1973, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.5 days and travelled about 2,792 miles (4,493 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 11.5°N 109.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 29 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 11.9°N 110.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.3°N 111.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 12.7°N 112.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 13.2°N 113.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 978 mb | 13.6°N 114.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.1°N 115.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.6°N 115.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 15.2°N 116.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.6°N 117.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.0°N 118.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.3°N 118.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.6°N 119.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 16.9°N 120.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 17.2°N 121.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.5°N 121.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.7°N 122.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 3 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 17.8°N 123.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 17.3°N 125.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 16.8°N 126.9°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 16.2°N 128.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 4 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 15.7°N 129.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.3°N 131.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.2°N 132.8°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 15.1°N 134.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 5 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.8°N 135.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.6°N 136.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.3°N 137.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.0°N 138.7°W | open ocean |
| Oct 6 18:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 13.7°N 140.1°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.4°N 141.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.3°N 142.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.2°N 143.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 7 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 13.2°N 144.6°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.1°N 145.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.0°N 146.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.2°N 147.2°W | open ocean |
| Oct 8 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 13.3°N 148.3°W | open ocean |
| Oct 9 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.5°N 149.2°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Katherine.
At its peak on October 2, 1973, Katherine was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 978 mb.
9.5 days, from September 29, 1973 to October 9, 1973, including 72 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,792 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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