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Tropical Storm Gilda (1973)

Atlantic storm, 10/16/1973 to 10/30/1973. Peak: Tropical storm.

Peak strength
Tropical storm
Peak winds
69 mph
60 knots
Lowest pressure
968 mb
Duration
14 days

Storm track

56 positions from NOAA's best-track data, colored by strength at each point

  • Depression
  • Tropical storm
  • Cat 1
  • Cat 2
  • Cat 3
  • Cat 4
  • Cat 5
All track points (56)
Time (UTC)PositionStatusWindPressure
10/16/1973 19:00 UTC17.5°N, 81.9°WTropical depression35 mph-
10/17/1973 01:00 UTC17.8°N, 81.8°WTropical depression35 mph1,008 mb
10/17/1973 07:00 UTC18.1°N, 81.6°WTropical depression35 mph1,006 mb
10/17/1973 13:00 UTC18.4°N, 81.2°WTropical depression35 mph1,006 mb
10/17/1973 19:00 UTC18.8°N, 80.7°WTropical depression35 mph1,004 mb
10/18/1973 01:00 UTC19.1°N, 80.2°WTropical storm40 mph1,002 mb
10/18/1973 07:00 UTC19.5°N, 79.7°WTropical storm46 mph996 mb
10/18/1973 13:00 UTC20.1°N, 79.5°WTropical storm52 mph-
10/18/1973 19:00 UTC20.6°N, 79.6°WTropical storm58 mph-
10/19/1973 01:00 UTC21.2°N, 79.3°WTropical storm69 mph993 mb
10/19/1973 03:00 UTC21.6°N, 79.1°WTropical storm (landfall)69 mph992 mb
10/19/1973 07:00 UTC22.0°N, 79.0°WTropical storm58 mph995 mb
10/19/1973 13:00 UTC22.3°N, 78.7°WTropical storm52 mph996 mb
10/19/1973 19:00 UTC22.9°N, 78.3°WTropical storm52 mph996 mb
10/20/1973 01:00 UTC23.2°N, 77.6°WTropical storm58 mph995 mb
10/20/1973 07:00 UTC23.8°N, 77.1°WTropical storm58 mph994 mb
10/20/1973 13:00 UTC24.2°N, 76.5°WTropical storm58 mph997 mb
10/20/1973 19:00 UTC24.6°N, 76.1°WTropical storm58 mph-
10/21/1973 01:00 UTC25.0°N, 75.7°WTropical storm58 mph996 mb
10/21/1973 07:00 UTC25.1°N, 75.8°WTropical storm58 mph995 mb
10/21/1973 13:00 UTC25.2°N, 75.8°WTropical storm52 mph-
10/21/1973 19:00 UTC25.4°N, 76.0°WTropical storm52 mph-
10/22/1973 01:00 UTC25.3°N, 75.8°WTropical storm46 mph1,002 mb
10/22/1973 07:00 UTC25.5°N, 75.8°WTropical storm40 mph999 mb
10/22/1973 13:00 UTC25.3°N, 75.5°WTropical storm40 mph999 mb
10/22/1973 19:00 UTC25.2°N, 75.4°WTropical storm40 mph-
10/23/1973 01:00 UTC25.3°N, 75.5°WTropical depression35 mph1,006 mb
10/23/1973 07:00 UTC25.5°N, 75.6°WLow35 mph1,003 mb
10/23/1973 13:00 UTC25.3°N, 75.6°WLow40 mph1,002 mb
10/23/1973 19:00 UTC25.3°N, 75.7°WLow40 mph1,003 mb
10/24/1973 01:00 UTC25.4°N, 75.3°WLow40 mph1,003 mb
10/24/1973 07:00 UTC26.0°N, 74.5°WExtratropical40 mph1,001 mb
10/24/1973 13:00 UTC27.3°N, 72.6°WExtratropical52 mph1,000 mb
10/24/1973 19:00 UTC28.6°N, 71.7°WExtratropical58 mph1,001 mb
10/25/1973 01:00 UTC29.7°N, 71.4°WExtratropical63 mph996 mb
10/25/1973 07:00 UTC30.8°N, 71.1°WExtratropical63 mph994 mb
10/25/1973 13:00 UTC31.7°N, 71.0°WExtratropical63 mph993 mb
10/25/1973 19:00 UTC32.5°N, 70.9°WSubtropical storm63 mph993 mb
10/26/1973 01:00 UTC33.3°N, 70.6°WSubtropical storm63 mph985 mb
10/26/1973 07:00 UTC33.6°N, 70.2°WSubtropical storm63 mph985 mb
10/26/1973 13:00 UTC34.6°N, 69.8°WSubtropical storm69 mph984 mb
10/26/1973 19:00 UTC35.3°N, 68.6°WSubtropical storm69 mph984 mb
10/27/1973 01:00 UTC36.1°N, 67.3°WSubtropical storm69 mph984 mb
10/27/1973 07:00 UTC36.7°N, 66.0°WSubtropical storm63 mph984 mb
10/27/1973 13:00 UTC38.5°N, 63.2°WSubtropical storm63 mph-
10/27/1973 19:00 UTC41.2°N, 60.8°WExtratropical63 mph-
10/28/1973 01:00 UTC43.4°N, 58.4°WExtratropical63 mph983 mb
10/28/1973 07:00 UTC45.4°N, 55.2°WExtratropical63 mph977 mb
10/28/1973 14:00 UTC47.5°N, 51.5°WExtratropical63 mph968 mb
10/28/1973 20:00 UTC51.2°N, 48.1°WExtratropical63 mph-
10/29/1973 02:00 UTC54.9°N, 44.9°WExtratropical58 mph-
10/29/1973 08:00 UTC57.5°N, 42.7°WExtratropical52 mph-
10/29/1973 14:00 UTC59.6°N, 41.2°WExtratropical46 mph-
10/29/1973 20:00 UTC60.8°N, 40.6°WExtratropical46 mph970 mb
10/30/1973 02:00 UTC61.4°N, 40.5°WExtratropical40 mph-
10/30/1973 08:00 UTC61.8°N, 40.4°WExtratropical35 mph-

Source: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best-track data · Positions every 6 hours plus landfall and peak times; winds are 1-minute sustained

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