Tropical Storm Jennifer (1973)
Tropical Storm Jennifer peaked at 35 kt in the Eastern Pacific between September 23, 1973 and September 27, 1973, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Jennifer, 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
- September 23, 1973 to September 27, 1973
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 35 kt (40 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- EP101973
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 13.2N 113.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 13.2N 113.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 13.3N 113.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 13.4N 113.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 13.5N 113.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 13.7N 112.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 14.0N 112.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 14.4N 111.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 14.8N 111.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 15.4N 110.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 16.0N 109.1W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 16.6N 108.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 17.2N 107.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 18.6N 107.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 20.0N 107.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 21.6N 106.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 23.1N 106.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 24.6N 105.9W | 25 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 26.0N 105.0W | 25 kt | Extratropical |
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
- Hurricane FlorenceEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm GlendaEastern Pacific · 1973
- Tropical Storm HeatherEastern Pacific · 1973
- Hurricane IrahEastern 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.