1973 season

Hurricane Ava (1973)

Jun 2, 12:00 AM UTC – Jun 12, 12:00 PM UTC (10.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 5
Max sustained wind
160 mph (140 kt)
Lowest pressure
915 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (43)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1973-06-02 00:00TD11.5°N 94.1°W30—
1973-06-02 06:00TD11.6°N 94.2°W30—
1973-06-02 12:00TD11.7°N 94.4°W30—
1973-06-02 18:00TS11.8°N 94.6°W35—
1973-06-03 00:00TS12.0°N 94.9°W50998
1973-06-03 06:00TS12.1°N 95.1°W60—
1973-06-03 12:00TS12.3°N 95.4°W60—
1973-06-03 18:00TS12.4°N 95.9°W60993
1973-06-04 00:00HU12.5°N 96.7°W70994
1973-06-04 06:00HU12.5°N 97.3°W70—
1973-06-04 12:00HU12.5°N 98.0°W75—
1973-06-04 18:00HU12.6°N 98.7°W75982
1973-06-05 00:00HU12.6°N 99.4°W75—
1973-06-05 06:00HU12.6°N 100.2°W75—
1973-06-05 12:00HU12.6°N 101.1°W75—
1973-06-05 18:00HU12.6°N 102.2°W95946
1973-06-06 00:00HU12.6°N 103.4°W100—
1973-06-06 06:00HU12.4°N 104.7°W100—
1973-06-06 12:00HU12.2°N 106.0°W100—
1973-06-06 18:00HU12.1°N 107.4°W130915
1973-06-07 00:00HU12.1°N 108.8°W140—
1973-06-07 06:00HU12.2°N 110.3°W140—
1973-06-07 12:00HU12.4°N 111.8°W140—
1973-06-07 18:00HU12.6°N 113.3°W140928
1973-06-08 00:00HU12.8°N 114.9°W130—
1973-06-08 06:00HU13.1°N 116.6°W130—
1973-06-08 12:00HU13.4°N 118.2°W130—
1973-06-08 18:00HU13.7°N 119.8°W100946
1973-06-09 00:00HU14.1°N 121.5°W100—
1973-06-09 06:00HU14.6°N 123.4°W90—
1973-06-09 12:00HU15.1°N 124.9°W80—
1973-06-09 18:00HU15.3°N 125.7°W65972
1973-06-10 00:00HU15.3°N 126.6°W65—
1973-06-10 06:00TS15.1°N 127.4°W60—
1973-06-10 12:00TS14.9°N 128.3°W50—
1973-06-10 18:00TS14.9°N 129.1°W45997
1973-06-11 00:00TS15.0°N 129.9°W40—
1973-06-11 06:00TS15.0°N 130.1°W35—
1973-06-11 12:00TD15.1°N 130.3°W30—
1973-06-11 18:00TD15.5°N 130.5°W30—
1973-06-12 00:00TD16.1°N 130.7°W30—
1973-06-12 06:00TD16.6°N 130.9°W30—
1973-06-12 12:00TD17.0°N 131.0°W30—

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.