Tropical Storm Becky
Jul 19, 1970 to Jul 23, 1970Peak 63 mph1003 mb
Tropical Storm Becky passed within 50 miles of 4 counties in FL. It was strongest near Gulf County, FL, as a tropical storm on July 22, 1970.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Becky · 1970
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1003 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 4
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 6
- FL
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Gulf County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.