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English: This map shows the tracks of all tropical cyclones in the 1973 Atlantic hurricane season. The points show the location of each storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the type of the storm.

Saffir–Simpson scale

 
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
 
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
 
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
 
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
 
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
 
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
 
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
 
Unknown

Storm type

▲ Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
Source Created using Wikipedia:WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks. The background image is from NASA [1]. The tracking data is from the National Hurricane Center's Atlantic hurricane database
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