Atlantic 2020 season
Tropical Storm Bertha (2020)
Tropical Storm Bertha never reached hurricane strength — it peaked at 52 mph sustained winds and was active from May 27, 2020 to May 28, 2020, with 1 documented landfall.
Storm facts
| Peak status | Tropical storm |
|---|---|
| Max sustained winds | 45 kt / 52 mph / 83 km/h |
| Minimum central pressure | 1005 mb |
| Active dates | May 27, 2020 – May 28, 2020 |
| Accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) | 0.6 |
| Documented landfalls | 1 |
Every value on this page is taken directly from the NHC HURDAT2 best-track record for Bertha 2020. Nothing is estimated. The best-track table below shows one entry per day at 00:00 UTC; the full six-hourly record lives in the HURDAT2 database.
Best-track table (daily, 00:00 UTC)
| Date | Status | Max winds | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2020 | Tropical depression | 25 kt (46 km/h) | 34.9N 80.7W |
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Wind speeds above are in knots, the unit NHC uses in HURDAT2. For what a Category 1 wind field actually does, see hurricane categories explained; for why the wind number alone never tells the danger story, see storm surge vs. flooding.