1973 season

Hurricane Irah (1973)

Sep 22, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 27, 12:00 AM UTC (5.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
110 mph (95 kt)
Lowest pressure
955 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (21)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1973-09-22 00:00TD13.2°N 102.1°W30—
1973-09-22 06:00TD13.6°N 102.6°W30—
1973-09-22 12:00TD14.0°N 103.1°W30—
1973-09-22 18:00TD14.5°N 104.1°W30—
1973-09-23 00:00TS15.0°N 105.0°W40—
1973-09-23 06:00TS15.8°N 106.0°W40—
1973-09-23 12:00TS16.8°N 107.0°W40—
1973-09-23 18:00HU17.5°N 108.0°W70972
1973-09-24 00:00HU18.2°N 108.9°W75—
1973-09-24 06:00HU18.7°N 109.3°W75—
1973-09-24 12:00HU19.3°N 109.8°W80—
1973-09-24 18:00HU19.9°N 110.3°W90955
1973-09-25 00:00HU20.6°N 110.8°W90—
1973-09-25 06:00HU21.3°N 111.0°W95—
1973-09-25 12:00HU22.0°N 111.1°W90—
1973-09-25 18:00HU23.0°N 111.0°W70983
1973-09-26 00:00HU24.0°N 110.8°W65—
1973-09-26 06:00TS25.0°N 110.0°W50—
1973-09-26 12:00TS25.9°N 109.0°W35—
1973-09-26 18:00EX26.5°N 108.1°W25—
1973-09-27 00:00EX26.9°N 107.0°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.