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NHC AL222020 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Beta (2020)

September 17, 2020 – September 25, 2020

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

Tropical Storm Beta peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Beta in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Beta from September 17, 2020 to September 25, 2020; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 22 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 18 miles from Seadrift, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 58 miles from Port Aransas, TX; the centre came closest to Port Lavaca, TX, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
49
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Beta passed near, strongest first

Texas (49)

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  • DouglasCategory 4 · 43 cities
  • HannaCategory 1 · 44 cities
  • IsaiasCategory 1 · 2,213 cities
  • LauraCategory 4 · 327 cities
  • MarcoCategory 1 · 6 cities
  • SallyCategory 2 · 191 cities
  • DeltaCategory 4 · 169 cities
  • ZetaCategory 3 · 1,509 cities
  • EtaCategory 4 · 240 cities

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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.