Tropical Storm Theta (2020)
Tropical Storm Theta peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between November 8, 2020 and November 16, 2020, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Theta, 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
- November 8, 2020 to November 16, 2020
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 987 mb (29.15 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 362 km (225 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 30 nmi (56 km, 35 mi)
- Overall size
- 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- AL302020
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 12:00 | 28.4N 47.5W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 8, 18:00 | 28.4N 46.8W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 9, 00:00 | 28.5N 45.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 9, 06:00 | 28.6N 44.9W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 9, 12:00 | 28.8N 43.7W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 9, 18:00 | 28.8N 42.4W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Extratropical |
| Nov 10, 00:00 | 28.8N 41.0W | 50 kt | 999 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 10, 06:00 | 28.8N 39.5W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 10, 12:00 | 28.9N 38.0W | 60 kt | 989 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Nov 10, 18:00 | 29.0N 36.7W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 00:00 | 29.2N 35.8W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 06:00 | 29.4N 34.9W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 12:00 | 29.6N 33.8W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 11, 18:00 | 30.3N 32.5W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 00:00 | 31.1N 31.9W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 06:00 | 31.5N 30.8W | 55 kt | 988 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 12:00 | 31.5N 29.4W | 55 kt | 989 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 12, 18:00 | 31.7N 28.0W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 00:00 | 31.9N 26.7W | 50 kt | 992 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 06:00 | 31.9N 25.4W | 50 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 12:00 | 31.9N 24.2W | 45 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 13, 18:00 | 32.0N 23.1W | 45 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 00:00 | 32.0N 22.1W | 40 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 06:00 | 31.9N 21.2W | 35 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 12:00 | 31.8N 20.4W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 14, 18:00 | 31.7N 19.6W | 35 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 00:00 | 31.7N 18.9W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Nov 15, 06:00 | 31.6N 18.5W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Nov 15, 12:00 | 31.4N 18.3W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Low |
| Nov 15, 18:00 | 31.6N 18.0W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Nov 16, 00:00 | 32.1N 17.9W | 30 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Nov 16, 06:00 | 32.7N 18.2W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
| Nov 16, 12:00 | 33.4N 18.6W | 25 kt | 1014 mb | Low |
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
- Tropical Storm GonzaloNorth Atlantic · 2020
- 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
- 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.