Storm history › Atlantic › 1974 season
Tropical Storm Elaine (1974)
Elaine was a tropical storm of the 1974 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 7, 1974 to September 14, 1974, about 7 days, and covered 2,813 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 1001 mb.
- Peak wind
- 65 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,813 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 3.9
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1138th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Jerry (2025), Tropical Storm Patty (2024), Tropical Storm Jose (2023) and 62 more.
- Lowest pressure: 991st lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Tropical Storm Joyce (2024), Tropical Storm Rene (2020), Tropical Storm Vicky (2020) and 19 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1974 Atlantic season's ACE.