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NHC AL061973 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Alfa (1973)

July 30, 1973 – August 2, 1973

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Alfa peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 39 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Alfa in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Alfa from July 30, 1973 to August 2, 1973; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 39 US cities, all in Massachusetts. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 35 miles from Nantucket, MA.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
39
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Alfa passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (39)

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.