Hurricane Becky (1974)
Hurricane Becky reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 26, 1974 and September 2, 1974, with a lowest pressure of 977 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Becky, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1974 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 26, 1974 to September 2, 1974
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 977 mb (28.85 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 537 km (334 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 36 kt (41 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091974
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 27.0N 69.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 27.4N 69.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 28.0N 69.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 29.0N 69.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 30.0N 69.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 30.8N 69.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 31.5N 69.5W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 32.1N 69.0W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 32.7N 68.5W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 33.7N 67.8W | 65 kt | 1000 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 34.5N 67.2W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 35.3N 66.1W | 80 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 36.0N 65.0W | 85 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 36.5N 63.9W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 37.0N 62.8W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 37.3N 61.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 38.0N 61.0W | 100 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 38.5N 60.2W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 39.3N 59.2W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 40.0N 58.0W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 40.3N 56.0W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 41.0N 54.5W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 41.7N 52.7W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 42.1N 50.4W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 42.7N 47.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 43.0N 44.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 43.1N 40.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 43.0N 36.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Tropical Storm AlmaNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Hurricane CarmenNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Tropical Storm DollyNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Tropical Storm ElaineNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Hurricane Fifi:OrleneNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Hurricane GertrudeNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1974
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
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.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.