1974 season

Hurricane Gertrude (1974)

Sep 27, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 4, 6:00 AM UTC (6.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
992 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1974-09-27 12:00TD10.7°N 45.1°W30—
1974-09-27 18:00TD10.7°N 46.5°W30—
1974-09-28 00:00TD10.7°N 47.8°W30—
1974-09-28 06:00TS10.6°N 49.0°W40—
1974-09-28 12:00TS10.6°N 50.3°W60—
1974-09-28 18:00HU10.8°N 52.0°W80999
1974-09-29 00:00HU11.1°N 53.3°W85—
1974-09-29 06:00HU11.4°N 54.3°W85992
1974-09-29 12:00HU11.5°N 55.0°W801000
1974-09-29 18:00HU11.6°N 55.5°W801001
1974-09-30 00:00HU11.6°N 56.0°W701004
1974-09-30 06:00TS11.4°N 56.3°W601005
1974-09-30 12:00TS11.1°N 56.5°W501007
1974-09-30 18:00TS11.4°N 56.6°W401008
1974-10-01 00:00TS11.8°N 57.0°W401007
1974-10-01 06:00TS12.0°N 57.6°W401006
1974-10-01 12:00TS12.1°N 58.2°W401009
1974-10-01 18:00TS12.2°N 58.9°W401007
1974-10-02 00:00TS12.4°N 59.8°W351008
1974-10-02 06:00LO12.5°N 60.7°W30—
1974-10-02 12:00LO12.6°N 61.5°W301010
1974-10-02 18:00LO12.7°N 62.4°W301010
1974-10-03 00:00LO12.7°N 63.2°W25—
1974-10-03 06:00LO12.8°N 64.1°W251009
1974-10-03 12:00LO12.8°N 65.0°W25—
1974-10-03 18:00LO12.9°N 66.0°W25—
1974-10-04 00:00LO13.0°N 67.0°W25—
1974-10-04 06:00LO13.1°N 68.0°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.