Tropical Storm Chantal (2013)
Tropical Storm Chantal peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between July 7, 2013 and July 10, 2013, with a lowest pressure of 1003 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Chantal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2013 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
- July 7, 2013 to July 10, 2013
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb (29.62 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 102 km (63 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.5
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 80 nmi (148 km, 92 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 25 nmi (46 km, 29 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 28 kt (32 mph)
- Identifier
- AL032013
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
NOAA Storm Events
0 deaths (0 direct, 0 indirect)$20,000
What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 2 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.
In the United States
NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.
- Deaths
- 0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- none recorded
- Events recorded
- 11 in 2 reports from 2 states and marine areas
State by state
| State or marine area | Deaths | Injuries | Damage | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | $18,000 | 10 |
| Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | $2,000 | 1 |
What was recorded
10 tropical storm, 1 thunderstorm wind.
Wind reports
The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.
| Wind | How | Where | State | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 kt (46 mph) | Estimated | ST CROIX | Virgin Islands | Jul 9, 21:19 |
What forecast offices wrote
From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.
Power lines downed at Road PR-765, Barrio Atravezada Km 1.1 in the municipality of Caguas were reported due to strong gusty winds.
Eastern Interior, Puerto Rico · Tropical Storm · Jul 10, 02:45 UTC
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:00 | 9.3N 41.4W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 7, 18:00 | 9.5N 43.8W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 00:00 | 9.8N 46.1W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 06:00 | 10.1N 48.4W | 35 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 12:00 | 10.7N 50.6W | 40 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 8, 18:00 | 11.4N 52.9W | 45 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 00:00 | 12.1N 55.2W | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 06:00 | 13.0N 57.7W | 50 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 12:00 | 13.9N 60.3W | 55 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 9, 18:00 | 14.8N 62.9W | 55 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 00:00 | 15.6N 65.6W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 06:00 | 16.2N 68.4W | 40 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 10, 12:00 | 16.7N 71.2W | 40 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2013
- Tropical Storm AndreaNorth Atlantic · 2013 · 4 deaths
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2013 · 5 deaths
- Tropical Storm DorianNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm ErinNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm FernandNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Hurricane IngridNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm KarenNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Tropical Storm MelissaNorth Atlantic · 2013
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 2013
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.