Tropical Storm Gonzalo (2020)
Tropical Storm Gonzalo peaked at 55 kt in the North Atlantic between July 20, 2020 and July 25, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Gonzalo, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2020 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 20, 2020 to July 25, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.8
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)
- Overall size
- 120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 27 kt (31 mph)
- Identifier
- AL072020
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
National Hurricane Center
0 direct deathsnone recorded in the United States
The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 15:30 | Sangre Grande, Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, Trinidad and Tobago, 17 km away | 10.5N 61.0W | 30 kt (35 mph) | 1009 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 8.9N 36.8W | 20 kt | 1010 mb | Low |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 8.6N 37.5W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 8.6N 38.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 8.8N 38.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 9.2N 39.3W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 9.7N 40.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 9.8N 40.9W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 9.8N 41.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 9.9N 43.0W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 9.9N 44.2W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 9.9N 45.4W | 50 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 9.7N 46.6W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 9.7N 47.6W | 55 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 9.7N 48.8W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 9.8N 50.2W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 06:00 | 9.9N 51.6W | 50 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 12:00 | 9.9N 53.3W | 45 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 18:00 | 9.9N 54.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 00:00 | 10.0N 56.3W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 06:00 | 10.1N 57.9W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 12:00 | 10.3N 59.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 25, 15:30 landfall | 10.5N 61.0W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 25, 18:00 | 10.8N 62.1W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2020
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm CristobalNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 6 deaths · $310 million
- Tropical Storm DollyNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm FayNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths · $220 million
- Hurricane HannaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 4 deaths · $1.1 billion
- Hurricane IsaiasNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 12 deaths · $5.0 billion
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm KyleNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane LauraNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 47 deaths · $19 billion
- Hurricane MarcoNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm OmarNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane NanaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm ReneNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane PauletteNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths
- Hurricane SallyNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 4 deaths · $7.3 billion
- Hurricane TeddyNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths · $20 million
- Tropical Storm VickyNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm AlphaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm WilfredNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Tropical Storm BetaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · $225 million
- Hurricane GammaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 6 deaths
- Hurricane DeltaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 2 deaths · $2.9 billion
- Hurricane EpsilonNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 1 death
- Hurricane ZetaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 5 deaths · $4.4 billion
- Hurricane EtaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 172 deaths · $1.5 billion
- Tropical Storm ThetaNorth Atlantic · 2020
- Hurricane IotaNorth Atlantic · 2020 · 67 deaths
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.