Unnamed tropical depression (1973)
Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the North Atlantic between August 9, 1973 and August 11, 1973.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 9, 1973 to August 11, 1973
- Peak strength
- Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 330 km (205 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- AL071973
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 13.0N 20.0W | 20 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 13.2N 22.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 13.5N 24.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 13.7N 26.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 14.0N 28.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 13.5N 30.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 13.0N 33.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 12.5N 36.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 12.0N 39.0W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Hurricane AliceNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Tropical Storm AlfaNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Hurricane BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Tropical Storm ChristineNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Tropical Storm DeliaNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Hurricane EllenNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Hurricane FranNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Tropical Storm GildaNorth Atlantic · 1973
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 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.