1973 season

Hurricane Katherine (1973)

Sep 29, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 9, 12:00 AM UTC (9.5 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (39)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1973-09-29 12:00TD11.5°N 109.8°W25—
1973-09-29 18:00TS11.9°N 110.7°W40—
1973-09-30 00:00TS12.3°N 111.6°W45—
1973-09-30 06:00TS12.7°N 112.4°W45—
1973-09-30 12:00TS13.2°N 113.2°W50—
1973-09-30 18:00TS13.6°N 114.1°W60978
1973-10-01 00:00TS14.1°N 115.0°W60—
1973-10-01 06:00HU14.6°N 115.7°W70—
1973-10-01 12:00HU15.2°N 116.5°W70—
1973-10-01 18:00HU15.6°N 117.2°W80—
1973-10-02 00:00HU16.0°N 118.0°W85—
1973-10-02 06:00HU16.3°N 118.7°W85—
1973-10-02 12:00HU16.6°N 119.5°W85—
1973-10-02 18:00HU16.9°N 120.2°W85—
1973-10-03 00:00HU17.2°N 121.0°W80—
1973-10-03 06:00HU17.5°N 121.6°W75—
1973-10-03 12:00HU17.7°N 122.3°W75—
1973-10-03 18:00HU17.8°N 123.9°W75—
1973-10-04 00:00HU17.3°N 125.6°W65—
1973-10-04 06:00TS16.8°N 126.9°W60—
1973-10-04 12:00TS16.2°N 128.3°W55—
1973-10-04 18:00TS15.7°N 129.6°W55—
1973-10-05 00:00TS15.3°N 131.0°W50—
1973-10-05 06:00TS15.2°N 132.8°W50—
1973-10-05 12:00TS15.1°N 134.7°W50—
1973-10-05 18:00TS14.8°N 135.3°W50—
1973-10-06 00:00TS14.6°N 136.0°W50—
1973-10-06 06:00TS14.3°N 137.3°W45—
1973-10-06 12:00TS14.0°N 138.7°W45—
1973-10-06 18:00TS13.7°N 140.1°W45—
1973-10-07 00:00TS13.4°N 141.6°W40—
1973-10-07 06:00TS13.3°N 142.4°W40—
1973-10-07 12:00TS13.2°N 143.3°W40—
1973-10-07 18:00TS13.2°N 144.6°W40—
1973-10-08 00:00TS13.1°N 145.0°W35—
1973-10-08 06:00TS13.0°N 146.3°W35—
1973-10-08 12:00TS13.2°N 147.2°W35—
1973-10-08 18:00TS13.3°N 148.3°W35—
1973-10-09 00:00TD13.5°N 149.2°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.