1974 season

Hurricane Francesca (1974)

Jul 14, 12:00 AM UTC – Jul 19, 12:00 PM UTC (5.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
986 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (23)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1974-07-14 00:00TD11.5°N 99.0°W25—
1974-07-14 06:00TD11.7°N 99.6°W30—
1974-07-14 12:00TD12.0°N 100.5°W30—
1974-07-14 18:00TD12.3°N 101.2°W30—
1974-07-15 00:00TD12.5°N 102.0°W30—
1974-07-15 06:00TD13.0°N 103.0°W30—
1974-07-15 12:00TD13.7°N 104.0°W30—
1974-07-15 18:00TD14.3°N 105.0°W30—
1974-07-16 00:00TS15.0°N 105.9°W45—
1974-07-16 06:00TS15.7°N 106.8°W50—
1974-07-16 12:00TS16.4°N 107.5°W50—
1974-07-16 18:00TS17.1°N 108.1°W50—
1974-07-17 00:00TS17.9°N 108.6°W50—
1974-07-17 06:00TS18.5°N 109.1°W55—
1974-07-17 12:00TS19.1°N 109.7°W60—
1974-07-17 18:00TS20.0°N 110.5°W60986
1974-07-18 00:00TS21.0°N 111.3°W60—
1974-07-18 06:00TS21.8°N 112.1°W60—
1974-07-18 12:00TS22.5°N 112.9°W60—
1974-07-18 18:00HU22.9°N 114.3°W65990
1974-07-19 00:00HU22.9°N 115.8°W65—
1974-07-19 06:00HU22.8°N 117.4°W65—
1974-07-19 12:00TS22.5°N 119.0°W60—

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.