Storm history › West Pacific › 1974 season
Tropical Storm Babe (1974)
Babe was a tropical storm of the 1974 West Pacific season. It was tracked from April 25, 1974 to May 4, 1974, about 9 days, and covered 3,918 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 985 mb.
- Peak wind
- 70 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 3,918 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1326th highest of 2,271 West Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Mun (2025), Tropical Storm Prapiroon (2024), Tropical Storm Damrey (2023) and 94 more.
- Lowest pressure: 1319th lowest of 2,047 West Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Cimaron (2024), Tropical Storm Talas (2022), Tropical Storm Nida (2021) and 103 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1974 West Pacific season's ACE.