Hurricanes

The 1974 season

136 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1974 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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Deaths and damage

1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 145 people in all.

The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.

North Atlantic

20 storms, 11 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 63.4.

Eastern Pacific

24 storms, 17 at tropical storm strength, 10 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 87.4.

Western Pacific

43 storms, 32 at tropical storm strength, 16 typhoons, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 205.3.

North Indian

12 storms, 1 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 5.2.

South Indian

18 storms, 10 at tropical storm strength, 7 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 21.1.

South Pacific

19 storms, 13 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 15.8.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.