1970 season

Hurricane Alma (1970)

May 17, 6:00 PM UTC – May 27, 12:00 AM UTC (9.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
993 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (38)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1970-05-17 18:00TD11.5°N 79.0°W25—
1970-05-18 00:00TD11.8°N 79.3°W25—
1970-05-18 06:00TD12.1°N 79.7°W25—
1970-05-18 12:00TD12.3°N 80.1°W25—
1970-05-18 18:00TD12.6°N 80.5°W25—
1970-05-19 00:00TD13.0°N 81.0°W25—
1970-05-19 06:00TD13.5°N 81.5°W25—
1970-05-19 12:00TD14.0°N 81.9°W251005
1970-05-19 18:00TD14.7°N 82.1°W30—
1970-05-20 00:00TS15.5°N 82.2°W35—
1970-05-20 06:00TS16.3°N 82.0°W45—
1970-05-20 12:00TS16.9°N 81.7°W55—
1970-05-20 18:00HU17.4°N 81.4°W65993
1970-05-21 00:00TS17.8°N 81.0°W60—
1970-05-21 06:00TS18.2°N 80.6°W50—
1970-05-21 12:00TS18.5°N 80.2°W451002
1970-05-21 18:00TS19.0°N 80.0°W451003
1970-05-22 00:00TS19.5°N 80.1°W451004
1970-05-22 06:00TS19.3°N 80.6°W401005
1970-05-22 12:00TS19.1°N 81.1°W351007
1970-05-22 18:00TD19.0°N 81.8°W30—
1970-05-23 00:00TD19.2°N 82.6°W30—
1970-05-23 06:00TD19.8°N 83.5°W25—
1970-05-23 12:00TD20.8°N 84.1°W25—
1970-05-23 18:00TD21.8°N 84.4°W25—
1970-05-24 00:00TD22.9°N 84.5°W25—
1970-05-24 06:00TD23.9°N 84.3°W301008
1970-05-24 12:00TD24.9°N 84.1°W301008
1970-05-24 18:00TD26.3°N 83.9°W30—
1970-05-25 00:00TD28.0°N 83.4°W30—
1970-05-25 06:00TD29.5°N 82.9°W30—
1970-05-25 12:00TD30.8°N 82.2°W30—
1970-05-25 18:00TS31.8°N 81.6°W351003
1970-05-26 00:00TS32.6°N 81.2°W40—
1970-05-26 06:00TS33.5°N 80.7°W40—
1970-05-26 12:00TS34.6°N 79.9°W40—
1970-05-26 18:00TS35.7°N 78.7°W35—
1970-05-27 00:00TS36.5°N 77.0°W351003

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.