1970 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL08 1970

Aug 7, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 24, 6:00 PM UTC (17.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
1002 mb
Landfalls
2

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 17, 11:00 AM UTC · 34.7°N 76.7°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph · 1007 mb
  • Aug 17, 5:00 PM UTC · 35.6°N 75.5°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph
Every track point (72)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1970-08-07 12:00TD14.0°N 18.5°W25—
1970-08-07 18:00TD14.0°N 19.5°W25—
1970-08-08 00:00TD14.0°N 20.5°W25—
1970-08-08 06:00TD14.0°N 21.5°W30—
1970-08-08 12:00TD14.0°N 22.5°W301006
1970-08-08 18:00TD14.0°N 23.7°W30—
1970-08-09 00:00TD14.0°N 25.0°W30—
1970-08-09 06:00TD14.0°N 26.5°W30—
1970-08-09 12:00TD14.0°N 28.1°W30—
1970-08-09 18:00TD13.9°N 30.0°W30—
1970-08-10 00:00TD13.8°N 32.0°W30—
1970-08-10 06:00TD13.7°N 33.9°W30—
1970-08-10 12:00TD13.5°N 35.7°W30—
1970-08-10 18:00TS13.3°N 37.5°W35—
1970-08-11 00:00TS13.2°N 39.5°W35—
1970-08-11 06:00TS13.4°N 41.5°W35—
1970-08-11 12:00TS13.7°N 43.7°W40—
1970-08-11 18:00TS13.9°N 46.0°W40—
1970-08-12 00:00TS14.0°N 48.2°W35—
1970-08-12 06:00TS14.0°N 50.4°W35—
1970-08-12 12:00TD14.0°N 52.6°W301010
1970-08-12 18:00TD14.0°N 54.7°W30—
1970-08-13 00:00TS14.3°N 56.5°W35—
1970-08-13 06:00TS15.3°N 58.0°W45—
1970-08-13 12:00TS16.7°N 59.5°W50—
1970-08-13 18:00TS18.2°N 61.3°W55—
1970-08-14 00:00TS19.5°N 63.3°W551003
1970-08-14 06:00TS20.5°N 65.3°W45—
1970-08-14 12:00TS21.5°N 67.5°W40—
1970-08-14 18:00DB22.5°N 70.0°W40—
1970-08-15 00:00DB23.8°N 72.2°W35—
1970-08-15 06:00DB25.5°N 74.0°W30—
1970-08-15 12:00TD27.0°N 75.5°W301015
1970-08-15 18:00TD27.9°N 76.8°W30—
1970-08-16 00:00TD28.6°N 77.9°W30—
1970-08-16 06:00TS29.3°N 78.5°W35—
1970-08-16 12:00TS30.0°N 78.7°W351011
1970-08-16 18:00TS31.0°N 78.7°W35—
1970-08-17 00:00TS32.2°N 78.5°W40—
1970-08-17 06:00TS33.5°N 77.8°W45—
1970-08-17 11:00TS34.7°N 76.7°W501007Landfall
1970-08-17 12:00TS34.8°N 76.6°W501007
1970-08-17 17:00TS35.6°N 75.5°W55—Landfall
1970-08-17 18:00TS35.8°N 75.2°W551002
1970-08-18 00:00TS37.5°N 72.5°W60—
1970-08-18 06:00HU39.3°N 69.3°W65—
1970-08-18 12:00HU41.3°N 64.3°W70—
1970-08-18 18:00HU42.5°N 58.5°W70—
1970-08-19 00:00EX44.5°N 54.0°W65—
1970-08-19 06:00EX46.0°N 52.0°W60—
1970-08-19 12:00EX47.5°N 50.5°W55—
1970-08-19 18:00EX48.2°N 49.5°W50—
1970-08-20 00:00EX48.5°N 48.6°W50—
1970-08-20 06:00EX48.2°N 47.8°W50—
1970-08-20 12:00EX47.5°N 47.5°W45—
1970-08-20 18:00EX46.7°N 48.0°W45—
1970-08-21 00:00EX46.0°N 48.5°W45—
1970-08-21 06:00EX45.4°N 48.2°W45—
1970-08-21 12:00EX45.2°N 47.1°W45—
1970-08-21 18:00EX45.4°N 45.9°W45—
1970-08-22 00:00EX46.0°N 44.5°W45—
1970-08-22 06:00EX46.7°N 43.0°W45—
1970-08-22 12:00EX47.7°N 40.5°W45—
1970-08-22 18:00EX48.6°N 38.0°W45—
1970-08-23 00:00EX49.2°N 35.3°W40—
1970-08-23 06:00EX49.2°N 32.5°W40—
1970-08-23 12:00EX48.5°N 30.0°W35—
1970-08-23 18:00EX47.5°N 28.0°W30—
1970-08-24 00:00EX46.5°N 26.4°W301007
1970-08-24 06:00EX46.0°N 25.1°W30—
1970-08-24 12:00EX45.7°N 24.0°W25—
1970-08-24 18:00EX45.5°N 23.0°W25—

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.