Hurricane Fran (1973)
Oct 7, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 14, 12:00 AM UTC (6.5 days)
- Peak
- Hurricane, Category 1
- Max sustained wind
- 85 mph (75 kt)
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb
- Landfalls
- 0
Track
- Hurricane
- Tropical Storm
- Tropical Depression
- Other
- Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
| UTC | Status | Position | Wind kt | mb | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-10-07 12:00 | SD | 28.0°N 72.5°W | 30 | 1010 | |
| 1973-10-07 18:00 | SD | 28.4°N 72.0°W | 30 | 1010 | |
| 1973-10-08 00:00 | SD | 28.8°N 71.0°W | 30 | — | |
| 1973-10-08 06:00 | SD | 29.4°N 69.5°W | 30 | — | |
| 1973-10-08 12:00 | SD | 29.9°N 67.7°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 1973-10-08 18:00 | SD | 30.3°N 65.8°W | 30 | 1008 | |
| 1973-10-09 00:00 | SS | 30.5°N 63.9°W | 35 | — | |
| 1973-10-09 06:00 | SS | 30.7°N 62.3°W | 40 | — | |
| 1973-10-09 12:00 | TS | 31.0°N 60.2°W | 45 | 1005 | |
| 1973-10-09 18:00 | TS | 31.5°N 57.8°W | 55 | 998 | |
| 1973-10-10 00:00 | HU | 31.9°N 55.2°W | 65 | — | |
| 1973-10-10 06:00 | HU | 32.5°N 51.7°W | 70 | 989 | |
| 1973-10-10 12:00 | HU | 33.1°N 48.1°W | 70 | 989 | |
| 1973-10-10 18:00 | HU | 33.9°N 45.0°W | 70 | 993 | |
| 1973-10-11 00:00 | HU | 35.1°N 41.9°W | 70 | — | |
| 1973-10-11 06:00 | HU | 37.0°N 37.9°W | 70 | — | |
| 1973-10-11 12:00 | HU | 39.2°N 34.2°W | 75 | 986 | |
| 1973-10-11 18:00 | HU | 40.7°N 30.7°W | 75 | — | |
| 1973-10-12 00:00 | HU | 42.6°N 26.5°W | 75 | — | |
| 1973-10-12 06:00 | HU | 45.4°N 21.5°W | 75 | — | |
| 1973-10-12 12:00 | EX | 47.0°N 17.0°W | 70 | — | |
| 1973-10-12 18:00 | EX | 48.0°N 14.0°W | 70 | — | |
| 1973-10-13 00:00 | EX | 48.1°N 11.0°W | 65 | 974 | |
| 1973-10-13 06:00 | EX | 48.2°N 9.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1973-10-13 12:00 | EX | 47.5°N 6.5°W | 65 | 974 | |
| 1973-10-13 18:00 | EX | 47.0°N 4.0°W | 65 | — | |
| 1973-10-14 00:00 | EX | 46.5°N 1.0°W | 55 | — |
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.