Storm history › East Pacific › 1974 season
Hurricane Francesca (1974)
Francesca was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1974 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 14, 1974 to July 19, 1974, about 6 days, and covered 1,619 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 986 mb.
- Peak wind
- 75 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 986 mb
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 6 days
- Track length
- 1,619 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 4.9
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 578th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Barbara (2025), Hurricane Gil (2025), Hurricane Pamela (2021) and 48 more.
- Lowest pressure: 371st lowest of 808 East Pacific storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Henriette (2025), Tropical Storm Lidia (2017), Hurricane Greg (1999) and 3 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1974 East Pacific season's ACE.