NHC AL021970 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Becky (1970)
July 19, 1970 – July 23, 1970
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Becky peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 41 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Becky in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Becky from July 19, 1970 to July 23, 1970; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 22 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 10 miles from Port St Joe, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 41 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (37) and Georgia (3). The strongest pass was 45 mph (tropical storm) 15 miles from Apalachicola, FL; the centre came closest to Wewahitchka, FL, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 41
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 3
63 mph
when closest
Cities Becky passed near, strongest first
Florida (37)
- ApalachicolaTropical storm · 15 mi
- Port St JoeTropical storm · 4 mi
- EastpointTropical storm · 21 mi
- WewahitchkaTropical storm · 2 mi
- BristolTropical storm · 28 mi
- BlountstownTropical storm · 30 mi
- Lynn HavenTropical storm · 31 mi
- YoungstownTropical storm · 32 mi
- CarrabelleTropical storm · 34 mi
- FountainTropical storm · 36 mi
- AlthaTropical storm · 37 mi
- Panama City BeachTropical storm · 40 mi
- AlfordTropical storm · 45 mi
- Inlet BeachTropical storm · 48 mi
- PanaceaTropical storm · 49 mi
- ChipleyTropical storm · 49 mi
- Grand RidgeTropical storm · 49 mi
- MariannaTropical storm · 52 mi
- ChattahoocheeTropical storm · 53 mi
- QuincyTropical storm · 53 mi
- SneadsTropical storm · 53 mi
- VernonTropical storm · 54 mi
- CottondaleTropical storm · 55 mi
- MidwayTropical storm · 56 mi
- GreenwoodTropical storm · 60 mi
- HavanaTropical storm · 63 mi
- TallahasseeTropical storm · 63 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachTropical storm · 64 mi
- Ponce De LeonTropical storm · 64 mi
- BonifayTropical storm · 64 mi
- MaloneTropical storm · 66 mi
- FreeportTropical storm · 67 mi
- GracevilleTropical storm · 67 mi
- Miramar BeachTropical storm · 74 mi
- Defuniak SpringsTropical storm · 74 mi
- Panama CityTropical storm · 24 mi
- CrawfordvilleTropical storm · 51 mi
Georgia (3)
- BainbridgeTropical storm · 71 mi
- BrinsonTropical storm · 71 mi
- DonalsonvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
Alabama (1)
- CottonwoodTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1970 season
- AlmaCategory 1 · 569 cities
- CeliaCategory 4 · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL081970)Category 1 · 104 cities
- FeliceTropical storm · 122 cities
- GretaTropical storm · 7 cities
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.