The 1974 season

Unnamed tropical depression (1974)

Unnamed tropical depression peaked at 30 kt in the Eastern Pacific between July 31, 1974 and August 11, 1974.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical depression, 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.

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The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
July 31, 1974 to August 11, 1974
Peak strength
Tropical Depression, 30 kt (35 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 718 km (446 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.0
Fastest the center moved
17 kt (20 mph)
Identifier
EP111974

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 31, 00:0011.0N 110.2W30 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 06:0011.0N 110.2W30 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 12:0011.0N 110.3W30 ktNot reported
Jul 31, 18:0011.1N 110.6W30 ktNot reported
Aug 1, 00:0011.2N 111.1W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 1, 06:0011.3N 111.8W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 1, 12:0011.5N 112.7W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 1, 18:0011.6N 113.9W27 ktTropical storm
Aug 2, 00:0011.8N 115.0W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 2, 06:0012.0N 115.8W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 2, 12:0012.4N 116.6W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 2, 18:0012.9N 118.0W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 3, 00:0013.4N 119.3W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 3, 06:0013.8N 120.2W12 ktTropical storm
Aug 3, 12:0014.0N 120.9W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 3, 18:0014.2N 121.4W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 4, 00:0014.3N 121.9W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 4, 06:0014.4N 122.2W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 4, 12:0014.5N 122.7W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 4, 18:0014.7N 123.5W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 00:0014.9N 124.3W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 06:0015.1N 125.1W14 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 12:0015.2N 125.9W29 ktTropical storm
Aug 5, 18:0015.2N 126.9W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 6, 00:0015.2N 128.1W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 6, 06:0015.2N 129.3W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 6, 12:0015.2N 130.5W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 6, 18:0015.0N 131.8W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 7, 00:0014.5N 133.2W30 ktTropical storm
Aug 7, 06:0013.9N 134.5W15 ktTropical storm
Aug 7, 12:0013.4N 135.7W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 7, 18:0012.9N 136.5W11 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 00:0012.5N 137.0W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 06:0012.3N 137.5W27 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 12:0012.0N 138.0W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 8, 18:0011.4N 138.8W11 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 00:0010.7N 139.7W26 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 06:0010.2N 140.4W12 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 12:009.7N 141.1W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 9, 18:009.6N 141.9W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 00:0010.0N 142.7W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 06:0010.9N 143.7W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 12:0012.5N 144.8W25 ktTropical storm
Aug 10, 18:0013.4N 146.3W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 11, 00:0013.6N 147.9W20 ktTropical depression
Aug 11, 06:0013.8N 149.6W20 ktTropical depression
Aug 11, 12:0014.0N 151.2W20 ktTropical depression

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 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.