1974 season

Tropical Storm Alma (1974)

Aug 12, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 15, 6:00 AM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
1007 mb
Landfalls
3

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 14, 1:00 PM UTC · 10.2°N 61.0°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
  • Aug 14, 4:00 PM UTC · 10.3°N 62.6°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
  • Aug 15, 1:00 AM UTC · 10.4°N 66.0°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph
Every track point (15)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1974-08-12 12:00TD10.0°N 42.5°W251010
1974-08-12 18:00TD10.0°N 44.7°W25—
1974-08-13 00:00TD10.0°N 47.2°W25—
1974-08-13 06:00TD10.0°N 49.6°W30—
1974-08-13 12:00TS10.0°N 51.8°W40—
1974-08-13 18:00TS10.0°N 54.2°W501007
1974-08-14 00:00TS10.1°N 56.5°W50—
1974-08-14 06:00TS10.1°N 58.5°W50—
1974-08-14 12:00TS10.2°N 60.7°W50—
1974-08-14 13:00TS10.2°N 61.0°W50—Landfall
1974-08-14 16:00TS10.3°N 62.6°W45—Landfall
1974-08-14 18:00TS10.3°N 63.3°W40—
1974-08-15 00:00TS10.4°N 65.6°W40—
1974-08-15 01:00TS10.4°N 66.0°W40—Landfall
1974-08-15 06:00TS10.5°N 67.8°W35—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.