1974 season

Tropical Storm Elaine (1974)

Sep 7, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 14, 6:00 AM UTC (7.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
65 mph (55 kt)
Lowest pressure
1001 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (30)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1974-09-07 00:00TD19.4°N 62.4°W30—
1974-09-07 06:00TD20.4°N 63.4°W30—
1974-09-07 12:00TS21.6°N 64.4°W35—
1974-09-07 18:00TS22.7°N 65.5°W35—
1974-09-08 00:00TD23.8°N 66.9°W30—
1974-09-08 06:00TD24.8°N 68.2°W30—
1974-09-08 12:00TD25.8°N 69.0°W301010
1974-09-08 18:00TD26.9°N 69.7°W301008
1974-09-09 00:00TD28.1°N 70.4°W301009
1974-09-09 06:00TD29.5°N 71.2°W30—
1974-09-09 12:00TD30.8°N 71.8°W30—
1974-09-09 18:00TS32.3°N 72.1°W351010
1974-09-10 00:00TS33.6°N 71.4°W401005
1974-09-10 06:00TS34.3°N 70.5°W45—
1974-09-10 12:00TS34.7°N 69.7°W551001
1974-09-10 18:00TS35.0°N 68.4°W55—
1974-09-11 00:00TS35.4°N 66.8°W451006
1974-09-11 06:00TS35.4°N 65.5°W45—
1974-09-11 12:00TS35.5°N 64.5°W45—
1974-09-11 18:00TS35.6°N 63.6°W451006
1974-09-12 00:00TS35.8°N 62.6°W451004
1974-09-12 06:00TS36.3°N 61.9°W45—
1974-09-12 12:00TS37.3°N 61.1°W45—
1974-09-12 18:00TS38.7°N 60.1°W451008
1974-09-13 00:00TS39.6°N 58.3°W45—
1974-09-13 06:00TS40.0°N 55.9°W45—
1974-09-13 12:00TS40.6°N 53.3°W45—
1974-09-13 18:00TS41.4°N 50.3°W40—
1974-09-14 00:00TS41.9°N 47.7°W40—
1974-09-14 06:00LO42.0°N 45.0°W401008

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.