1974 season

Hurricane Fifi (1974)

Sep 15, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 21, 12:00 PM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
970 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 19, 8:00 PM UTC · 16.5°N 88.4°W · Hurricane · 85 mph · 979 mb
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1974-09-15 00:00TD14.7°N 69.0°W30—
1974-09-15 06:00TD15.0°N 69.8°W30—
1974-09-15 12:00TD15.5°N 71.0°W301012
1974-09-15 18:00TD16.3°N 72.5°W30—
1974-09-16 00:00TS17.0°N 74.0°W351005
1974-09-16 06:00TS17.2°N 75.4°W35—
1974-09-16 12:00TS17.2°N 76.8°W35—
1974-09-16 18:00TS17.1°N 77.8°W351005
1974-09-17 00:00TS17.1°N 78.7°W451000
1974-09-17 06:00TS16.9°N 79.4°W55993
1974-09-17 12:00HU16.7°N 80.2°W70983
1974-09-17 18:00HU16.5°N 81.0°W70—
1974-09-18 00:00HU16.3°N 81.6°W70983
1974-09-18 06:00HU16.3°N 82.3°W80977
1974-09-18 12:00HU16.3°N 83.3°W85970
1974-09-18 18:00HU16.3°N 84.7°W85972
1974-09-19 00:00HU16.2°N 85.6°W85972
1974-09-19 06:00HU16.1°N 86.6°W85971
1974-09-19 12:00HU16.2°N 87.4°W85972
1974-09-19 18:00HU16.4°N 88.1°W80—
1974-09-19 20:00HU16.5°N 88.4°W75979Landfall
1974-09-20 00:00TS16.7°N 89.2°W60—
1974-09-20 06:00TS16.8°N 90.5°W50—
1974-09-20 12:00TS16.9°N 92.0°W40—
1974-09-20 18:00TS17.0°N 93.5°W35—
1974-09-21 00:00TD17.2°N 95.5°W30—
1974-09-21 06:00TD17.5°N 97.0°W30—
1974-09-21 12:00TD17.5°N 98.5°W25—

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.