Storm history › East Pacific › 1979 season
Tropical Storm Hilda (1979)
Hilda was a tropical storm of the 1979 East Pacific season. It was tracked from October 4, 1979 to October 6, 1979, about 3 days, and covered 959 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 45 mph (75 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 45 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Tropical storm
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 3 days
- Track length
- 959 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 0.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 1051st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Amanda (2026), Tropical Storm Boris (2026), Tropical Storm Cristina (2026) and 72 more.
- Energy: 1% of the 1979 East Pacific season's ACE.