1973 season

Subtropical Storm Alfa (1973)

Jul 30, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 2, 6:00 AM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Subtropical Storm
Max sustained wind
45 mph (40 kt)
Lowest pressure
1005 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1973-07-30 12:00SD32.6°N 74.1°W251011
1973-07-30 18:00SD33.5°N 73.0°W301011
1973-07-31 00:00SS34.5°N 72.0°W351011
1973-07-31 06:00SS35.5°N 71.0°W351011
1973-07-31 12:00SS36.8°N 70.5°W401011
1973-07-31 18:00SS38.3°N 70.2°W401005
1973-08-01 00:00SS39.4°N 69.9°W401006
1973-08-01 06:00SS40.3°N 69.7°W351006
1973-08-01 12:00SS41.3°N 69.4°W351007
1973-08-01 18:00SD42.6°N 69.0°W301008
1973-08-02 00:00SD44.0°N 68.0°W251010
1973-08-02 06:00SD45.7°N 66.0°W201010

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.