Storm history › East Pacific › 1974 season
Hurricane Gretchen (1974)
Gretchen was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1974 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 17, 1974 to July 21, 1974, about 4 days, and covered 1,396 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 100 mph (155 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 100 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 4 days
- Track length
- 1,396 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 2.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 344th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Marie (2026), Hurricane Kay (2022), Hurricane Miriam (2018) and 26 more.
- Energy: 3% of the 1974 East Pacific season's ACE.