Hurricane Maggie (1974)
Hurricane Maggie reached Category 4 in the Eastern Pacific between August 26, 1974 and September 1, 1974, with a lowest pressure of 934 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Maggie, 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
- Eastern Pacific
- Dates
- August 26, 1974 to September 1, 1974
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 934 mb (27.58 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 489 km (304 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 10 kt (12 mph)
- Identifier
- EP131974
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, 00:00 | 11.5N 105.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 12.0N 105.4W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 12.6N 105.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 13.5N 106.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 14.4N 106.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 14.8N 106.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 15.2N 107.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 15.8N 107.7W | 110 kt | 934 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 16.4N 108.4W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 16.8N 109.0W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 17.2N 109.6W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 17.8N 110.4W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 18.3N 111.3W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 18.6N 112.0W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 18.7N 112.6W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 18.8N 113.3W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 18.8N 114.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 18.8N 114.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 18.8N 115.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 18.9N 115.4W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 19.0N 115.7W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 19.2N 116.6W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 19.4N 117.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 19.6N 118.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 19.8N 119.2W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 19.9N 119.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 20.2N 119.7W | 35 kt | Tropical storm |
Other Eastern Pacific storms of 1974
- Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane ConnieEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm EileenEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane FrancescaEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane GretchenEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm HelgaEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane IoneEastern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm OliveEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane JoyceEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane KirstenEastern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm LorraineEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 1974
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 1974
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974
- Tropical Storm RosalieEastern Pacific · 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.