Hurricanes

The 1973 season

121 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1973 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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Deaths and damage

1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 1,650 people in all.

The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.

North Atlantic

17 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 42.7.

Eastern Pacific

12 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 114.7.

Western Pacific

30 storms, 21 at tropical storm strength, 12 typhoons, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 148.1.

North Indian

16 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 13.3.

South Indian

27 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 21.2.

South Pacific

19 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 6 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 24.4.

Sources

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.