Tropical Storm Dorothy (1970)
Aug 18, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 22, 12:00 AM UTC (4.0 days)
- Peak
- Tropical Storm
- Max sustained wind
- 70 mph (60 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Landfalls
- 1
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Landfalls
- Aug 20, 7:00 PM UTC · 14.5°N 60.8°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
Every track point (18)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-08-18 00:00 | TD | 11.5°N 44.3°W | 25 | — | |
| 1970-08-18 06:00 | TD | 11.8°N 45.9°W | 25 | — | |
| 1970-08-18 12:00 | TD | 12.1°N 47.5°W | 30 | — | |
| 1970-08-18 18:00 | TS | 12.4°N 49.1°W | 35 | — | |
| 1970-08-19 00:00 | TS | 12.8°N 50.7°W | 40 | — | |
| 1970-08-19 06:00 | TS | 13.1°N 52.2°W | 45 | — | |
| 1970-08-19 12:00 | TS | 13.3°N 53.7°W | 50 | 1001 | |
| 1970-08-19 18:00 | TS | 13.5°N 55.1°W | 50 | 1005 | |
| 1970-08-20 00:00 | TS | 13.7°N 56.5°W | 50 | 1003 | |
| 1970-08-20 06:00 | TS | 13.8°N 58.0°W | 60 | 996 | |
| 1970-08-20 12:00 | TS | 14.1°N 59.5°W | 60 | 998 | |
| 1970-08-20 18:00 | TS | 14.5°N 60.6°W | 60 | — | |
| 1970-08-20 19:00 | TS | 14.5°N 60.8°W | 60 | — | Landfall |
| 1970-08-21 00:00 | TS | 14.7°N 62.0°W | 55 | 1002 | |
| 1970-08-21 06:00 | TS | 14.8°N 63.5°W | 50 | — | |
| 1970-08-21 12:00 | TS | 15.0°N 64.8°W | 40 | 1006 | |
| 1970-08-21 18:00 | TS | 15.2°N 66.0°W | 40 | 1005 | |
| 1970-08-22 00:00 | TS | 15.4°N 67.2°W | 35 | 1007 |
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.