Storm history › East Pacific › 1974 season
Hurricane Patricia (1974)
Patricia was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1974 East Pacific season. It was tracked from October 6, 1974 to October 17, 1974, about 11 days, and covered 2,994 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 964 mb.
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 964 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 2,994 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 9.9
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 374th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Octave (2025), Hurricane Carlotta (2024), Hurricane Frank (2022) and 29 more.
- Lowest pressure: 212th lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Agatha (2022), Hurricane Fabio (2018), Hurricane John (2018) and 4 more.
- Energy: 11% of the 1974 East Pacific season's ACE.