Hurricane Patricia (1974)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

October 6, 1974 to October 17, 1974

Peak strength

Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)

Lowest pressure

964 mb (28.47 inHg)

Landfall

No; closest approach 763 km (474 mi)

Accumulated cyclone energy

9.9

Fastest the center moved

21 kt (24 mph)

Identifier

EP161974

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.

• Tropical Storm AlettaEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm50 kt · 992 mb
• Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm50 kt · 1001 mb
• Hurricane ConnieEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 3110 kt · 942 mb
• Hurricane DoloresEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 170 kt
• Tropical Storm EileenEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm35 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane FrancescaEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 165 kt · 986 mb
• Hurricane GretchenEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 285 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm HelgaEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm40 kt
• Hurricane IoneEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 3100 kt
• Tropical Storm OliveEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm40 kt
• Hurricane JoyceEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 175 kt
• Hurricane KirstenEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 175 kt
• Tropical Storm LorraineEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm45 kt
• Hurricane MaggieEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 4120 kt · 934 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Hurricane NormaEastern Pacific · 1974Cat 165 kt
• Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Depression30 kt
• Tropical Storm RosalieEastern Pacific · 1974Tropical Storm55 kt

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.

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.