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NHC AL092023 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Harold (2023)

August 21, 2023 – August 23, 2023

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

Tropical Storm Harold peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 56 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Harold in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Harold from August 21, 2023 to August 23, 2023; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 22 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 40 miles from Kingsville, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 56 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 53 miles from Port Aransas, TX; the centre came closest to Falfurrias, TX, 4 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
56
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Harold passed near, strongest first

Texas (56)

Other storms of the 2023 season

  • IdaliaCategory 4 · 326 cities
  • LeeCategory 5 · 3 cities
  • OpheliaTropical storm · 195 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.