NHC AL161970 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Greta (1970)
September 26, 1970 – October 4, 1970
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Greta peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 7 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Greta in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Greta from September 26, 1970 to October 4, 1970; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 7 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 43 mph (tropical storm) 43 miles from Islamorada, FL; the centre came closest to Summerland Key, FL, 15 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 7
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
46 mph
when closest
Cities Greta passed near, strongest first
Florida (7)
- IslamoradaTropical storm · 43 mi
- TavernierTropical storm · 51 mi
- Key LargoTropical storm · 61 mi
- MarathonTropical storm · 26 mi
- Big Pine KeyTropical storm · 18 mi
- Key WestTropical storm · 31 mi
- Summerland KeyTropical storm · 15 mi
Other storms of the 1970 season
- AlmaCategory 1 · 569 cities
- BeckyTropical storm · 41 cities
- CeliaCategory 4 · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL081970)Category 1 · 104 cities
- FeliceTropical storm · 122 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.