 Hurricane Brenda of August 1973 was the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in the Mexican Province of Campeche . The tropical wave that spawned Brenda moved off the west coast of Africa on August 9 , and uneventfully traversed the Atlantic . By August 18 , an associated area of low pressure developed sufficient convective activity to be declared a tropical depression . Later that day , the system intensified into a tropical storm before moving inland over the Yucatan Peninsula . Brenda had moved back over water by August 21 and began to quickly intensify , with an eye forming later that day . The storm peaked as an upper @-@ end Category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 mph ( 140 km / h ) before making landfall in Campeche . The hurricane rapidly weakened after moving over land and dissipated the following day . 
