1879 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1879

Aug 9, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 12, 6:00 PM UTC (3.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (16)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1879-08-09 00:00TS31.5°N 77.0°W40—
1879-08-09 06:00TS32.3°N 75.9°W40—
1879-08-09 12:00TS33.0°N 75.0°W40—
1879-08-09 18:00TS33.9°N 73.9°W40—
1879-08-10 00:00TS34.8°N 72.8°W50—
1879-08-10 06:00TS36.0°N 71.3°W50—
1879-08-10 12:00TS37.0°N 70.0°W60—
1879-08-10 18:00TS37.9°N 68.8°W60—
1879-08-11 00:00HU39.0°N 67.5°W70—
1879-08-11 06:00HU39.9°N 66.1°W70—
1879-08-11 12:00HU40.7°N 65.0°W70—
1879-08-11 18:00HU41.7°N 63.0°W70—
1879-08-12 00:00HU42.5°N 61.0°W70—
1879-08-12 06:00HU43.2°N 59.0°W70—
1879-08-12 12:00TS43.7°N 57.0°W60—
1879-08-12 18:00TS44.0°N 55.0°W60—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.