1970 season

Hurricane Francesca (1970)

Jul 1, 12:00 PM UTC – Jul 10, 12:00 AM UTC (8.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
991 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (35)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1970-07-01 12:00TD8.3°N 86.9°W25—
1970-07-01 18:00TD8.7°N 87.7°W25—
1970-07-02 00:00TD9.1°N 88.4°W25—
1970-07-02 06:00TD9.7°N 89.1°W25—
1970-07-02 12:00TD10.3°N 89.7°W25—
1970-07-02 18:00TS10.9°N 90.6°W45—
1970-07-03 00:00TS11.2°N 91.6°W50—
1970-07-03 06:00TS11.1°N 92.9°W50—
1970-07-03 12:00TS10.9°N 94.1°W50—
1970-07-03 18:00HU10.8°N 95.4°W85—
1970-07-04 00:00HU10.8°N 96.6°W85—
1970-07-04 06:00HU11.2°N 98.3°W85—
1970-07-04 12:00HU11.6°N 100.0°W85—
1970-07-04 18:00HU11.9°N 101.3°W70991
1970-07-05 00:00HU12.1°N 102.6°W70—
1970-07-05 06:00HU12.3°N 103.9°W70—
1970-07-05 12:00HU12.6°N 105.2°W70—
1970-07-05 18:00HU13.0°N 106.8°W65—
1970-07-06 00:00TS13.4°N 108.3°W55—
1970-07-06 06:00TS13.7°N 109.8°W50—
1970-07-06 12:00TS14.0°N 111.4°W45—
1970-07-06 18:00TS14.3°N 112.6°W45—
1970-07-07 00:00TS14.6°N 113.8°W40—
1970-07-07 06:00TS15.0°N 114.7°W40—
1970-07-07 12:00TS15.3°N 115.6°W35—
1970-07-07 18:00TS15.5°N 116.3°W351006
1970-07-08 00:00TS15.6°N 117.1°W35—
1970-07-08 06:00TD15.7°N 117.8°W30—
1970-07-08 12:00TD15.7°N 118.6°W30—
1970-07-08 18:00TD15.7°N 119.2°W25—
1970-07-09 00:00TD15.6°N 119.8°W25—
1970-07-09 06:00TD15.6°N 120.6°W25—
1970-07-09 12:00TD15.6°N 121.3°W25—
1970-07-09 18:00TD15.5°N 121.9°W25—
1970-07-10 00:00TD15.2°N 122.4°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.