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Tropical Storm Maggie (1970)

Maggie came within 161 km of Hawaii, passing to the south as a tropical storm on 25 August 1970. It pre-dates the digital forecast archive, so only the observed track survives.

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Peak intensity
50 kt (58 mph)
Closest pass
161 km (100 mi) from Hawaii
When
25 August 1970
Distance from Honolulu
453 km (281 mi)
Lifetime
6 days 20 August 1970 – 27 August 1970
Official forecasts
none archived
Approached from the
south

The closest pass

At its closest, Maggie was 161 km (100 mi) from Hawaii on 25 August 1970, as a tropical storm with 45 kt (52 mph) winds, approaching from the south.

The forecasts

No machine-readable official forecast survives for this storm. The digital forecast archive for the eastern and central Pacific begins in 1988, so the replay runs on the observed track instead.

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