Track map & timeline · Eastern Pacific · September 21–24, 1974
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Orlene (1974) was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1974 Eastern Pacific season. It formed on September 21, 1974, 29 mi W of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico, reached its peak of 104 mph (167 km/h) on September 24, 1974, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 46 mph in 24 hours (to 104 mph on September 24, 1974). The storm lasted 3.5 days and travelled about 1,230 miles (1,979 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico | 33 mi | Sep 21 · 16:00 UTC | TS 46 mph |
| Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 41 mi | Sep 23 · 22:00 UTC | Cat 2 98 mph |
| Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 46 mi | Sep 24 · 02:00 UTC | Cat 1 79 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.8°N 97.5°W | 15 mi SSW of Río Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.1°N 98.0°W | 17 mi SSE of Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.2°N 98.8°W | 32 mi SW of Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.5°N 100.7°W | 58 mi WSW of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.9°N 102.6°W | 78 mi SSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 17.4°N 103.7°W | 106 mi WSW of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 18.0°N 104.6°W | 79 mi SSW of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.7°N 105.2°W | 56 mi SW of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.4°N 105.8°W | 81 mi W of Cihuatlán, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 19.9°N 106.3°W | 85 mi SW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.6°N 106.7°W | 95 mi W of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Sep 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 22.2°N 107.1°W | 83 mi SSW of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 24 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 24.0°N 107.0°W | near La Cruz, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | — | 25.5°N 106.2°W | 58 mi WNW of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TD low/wave | 29 mph | — | 27.0°N 104.5°W | 28 mi ESE of José Mariano Jiménez, Chihuahua, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Orlene. Its closest approach to a major city was 33 miles from Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
At its peak on September 24, 1974, Orlene was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 104 mph (167 km/h).
3.5 days, from September 21, 1974 to September 24, 1974, including 18 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 1,230 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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