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NHC AL101973 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Delia (1973)

September 1, 1973 – September 7, 1973

Tropical Storm Delia peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 125 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
125
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Delia passed near, strongest first

Texas (125)

and 65 more

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.