Hurricane Florence (1973)
Hurricane Florence reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between July 25, 1973 and July 30, 1973, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Florence, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1973 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- July 25, 1973 to July 30, 1973
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 92 km (57 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 14 kt (16 mph)
- Identifier
- EP061973
Deaths and damage
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 12.8N 94.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 13.0N 94.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 13.3N 95.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 13.6N 96.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 26, 00:00 | 13.9N 96.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 26, 06:00 | 14.2N 97.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 26, 12:00 | 14.6N 97.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 26, 18:00 | 15.2N 98.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 27, 00:00 | 15.7N 99.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 27, 06:00 | 16.0N 100.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 12:00 | 16.0N 102.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 27, 18:00 | 16.1N 103.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 28, 00:00 | 16.3N 104.7W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 28, 06:00 | 16.5N 105.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 28, 12:00 | 16.7N 106.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 28, 18:00 | 17.2N 107.0W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 29, 00:00 | 17.7N 107.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 29, 06:00 | 18.2N 108.7W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 29, 12:00 | 18.6N 109.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Jul 29, 18:00 | 18.8N 110.7W | 60 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 30, 00:00 | 19.0N 111.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Jul 30, 06:00 | 19.4N 112.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Jul 30, 12:00 | 19.8N 113.6W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1973
- Hurricane AvaEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm BerniceEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm ClaudiaEastern Pacific · 1973
- Hurricane DoreenEastern Pacific · 1973
- Hurricane EmilyEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm GlendaEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm HeatherEastern Pacific · 1973
- Hurricane IrahEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm JenniferEastern Pacific · 1973
- Hurricane KatherineEastern Pacific · 1973
- Hurricane LillianEastern Pacific · 1973
What this means
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.
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.