Tropical Storm Bertha (2026)
Tropical Storm Bertha peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between July 17, 2026 and July 24, 2026, with a lowest pressure of 995 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Bertha, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2026 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 17, 2026 to July 24, 2026
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb (29.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 2.2
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 140 nmi (259 km, 161 mi) from the center at its widest
- Eyewall radius at its peak
- 40 nmi (74 km, 46 mi)
- Overall size
- 180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Peak gust in the best track
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Fastest the center moved
- 13 kt (15 mph)
- Identifier
- AL022026
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:00 | 25.6N 83.5W | 20 kt | 1018 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 17, 18:00 | 25.8N 83.6W | 20 kt | 1017 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 00:00 | 26.0N 83.7W | 20 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 06:00 | 26.2N 84.0W | 20 kt | 1016 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 12:00 | 26.7N 84.0W | 20 kt | 1015 mb | Disturbance |
| Jul 18, 18:00 | 27.3N 84.1W | 20 kt | 1015 mb | Low |
| Jul 19, 00:00 | 27.7N 84.6W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Low |
| Jul 19, 06:00 | 27.8N 85.3W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Low |
| Jul 19, 12:00 | 27.9N 85.3W | 25 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 19, 18:00 | 27.5N 85.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 00:00 | 27.7N 85.0W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 06:00 | 28.4N 85.3W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 12:00 | 28.4N 85.5W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 20, 18:00 | 28.6N 85.7W | 30 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Jul 21, 00:00 | 28.5N 86.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 06:00 | 28.5N 86.1W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 12:00 | 28.8N 86.2W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 21, 18:00 | 29.3N 86.8W | 50 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 00:00 | 29.4N 87.4W | 50 kt | 996 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 06:00 | 29.4N 87.9W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 12:00 | 29.6N 88.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 22, 18:00 | 29.9N 89.2W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 00:00 | 29.4N 90.5W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 06:00 | 28.9N 91.7W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 12:00 | 29.5N 92.6W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 23, 18:00 | 29.8N 93.9W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Jul 24, 00:00 | 30.0N 95.2W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Disturbance |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2026
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.