Hurricane Celia (1970)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

July 31, 1970 to August 5, 1970

Peak strength

Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)

Lowest pressure

944 mb (27.88 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

8.3

Eyewall radius at its peak

10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)

Fastest the center moved

15 kt (17 mph)

Identifier

AL041970

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 431 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 7.66 inches (195 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

• Hurricane AlmaNorth Atlantic · 1970Cat 165 kt · 993 mb
• Tropical Storm BeckyNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm55 kt · 1003 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression30 kt · 1008 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1970Cat 170 kt · 1002 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm DorothyNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm60 kt · 996 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression30 kt · 1008 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm40 kt · 1006 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression25 kt
• Hurricane EllaNorth Atlantic · 1970Cat 3110 kt · 962 mb
• Tropical Storm FeliceNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm60 kt · 990 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm40 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression25 kt
• Tropical Storm GretaNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm40 kt · 1003 mb
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1970Cat 175 kt · 989 mb
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1970Cat 285 kt · 974 mb
• Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1970Cat 285 kt · 995 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Depression30 kt · 1004 mb
• Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1970Tropical Storm60 kt · 987 mb

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.

• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Celia