1974 season

Hurricane Kirsten (1974)

Aug 22, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 29, 12:00 AM UTC (6.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
85 mph (75 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (27)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1974-08-22 12:00TD13.7°N 124.9°W25—
1974-08-22 18:00TS14.7°N 126.3°W40—
1974-08-23 00:00TS15.5°N 127.5°W45—
1974-08-23 06:00TS16.1°N 128.5°W45—
1974-08-23 12:00TS16.4°N 129.3°W45—
1974-08-23 18:00HU16.5°N 129.8°W65—
1974-08-24 00:00HU16.4°N 130.3°W70—
1974-08-24 06:00HU16.3°N 130.4°W75—
1974-08-24 12:00HU16.2°N 130.6°W75—
1974-08-24 18:00HU16.3°N 130.8°W75—
1974-08-25 00:00HU16.4°N 131.0°W75—
1974-08-25 06:00HU16.5°N 131.1°W70—
1974-08-25 12:00TS16.5°N 131.2°W60—
1974-08-25 18:00TS16.4°N 131.1°W50—
1974-08-26 00:00TS16.0°N 130.5°W50—
1974-08-26 06:00TS15.3°N 129.5°W45—
1974-08-26 12:00TS14.7°N 128.5°W45—
1974-08-26 18:00TS14.2°N 127.7°W45—
1974-08-27 00:00TS13.7°N 126.9°W45—
1974-08-27 06:00TS12.7°N 126.0°W40—
1974-08-27 12:00TS12.0°N 126.0°W40—
1974-08-27 18:00TS12.2°N 126.4°W35—
1974-08-28 00:00TS12.6°N 126.7°W35—
1974-08-28 06:00TS13.0°N 126.7°W35—
1974-08-28 12:00TS13.4°N 126.7°W35—
1974-08-28 18:00TS13.7°N 126.9°W35—
1974-08-29 00:00TD13.9°N 127.3°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.