1974 Pacific hurricane season

Hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean

The 1974 Pacific hurricane season featured one of the most active periods of tropical cyclones on record with five storms existing simultaneously. Across Southwestern Mexico, Hurricane Dolores produced heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding and mudslides. Numerous roads sustained damage, separating communities from surrounding areas. At least 18 people were killed and 32 others were injured by the storm. Additionally, an estimated 173,000 people were affected across the country.

In late June, a tropical disturbance developed well to the southwest of Mexico. By June 30, sufficient convection had developed over a newly formed area of low pressure to warrant advisories on a tropical depression. Additionally, the storm attained an estimated minimum central pressure of 954 mbar (hPa; 28.17 inHg). There were no reports of casualties or major damage in Mexico from either Fifi or Orlene, although reports from Acapulco indicated that of rain fell within a six hour span on September 22. Remnant moisture from the hurricane brought minor rainfall to portions of Arizona as well.

This is a table of all of the storms that formed in the 1974 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their name, duration, peak classification and intensities, areas affected, damage, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 1974 USD.