1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1878

Aug 8, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 19, 12:00 AM UTC (11.0 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 (45)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-08-08 00:00TS15.0°N 60.5°W40—
1878-08-08 06:00TS14.9°N 61.0°W40—
1878-08-08 12:00TS14.7°N 61.5°W40—
1878-08-08 18:00TS14.6°N 61.9°W40—
1878-08-09 00:00TS14.6°N 62.4°W40—
1878-08-09 06:00TS14.6°N 62.8°W40—
1878-08-09 12:00TS14.5°N 63.3°W40—
1878-08-09 18:00TS14.5°N 64.1°W40—
1878-08-10 00:00TS14.4°N 64.9°W40—
1878-08-10 06:00TS14.4°N 65.6°W40—
1878-08-10 12:00TS14.3°N 66.5°W40—
1878-08-10 18:00TS14.2°N 67.6°W40—
1878-08-11 00:00TS14.1°N 68.6°W40—
1878-08-11 06:00TS14.0°N 70.0°W40—
1878-08-11 12:00TS14.0°N 71.3°W40—
1878-08-11 18:00TS14.1°N 73.0°W40—
1878-08-12 00:00TS14.3°N 74.6°W50—
1878-08-12 06:00TS14.5°N 76.1°W50—
1878-08-12 12:00TS15.0°N 77.5°W50—
1878-08-12 18:00TS15.9°N 78.6°W50—
1878-08-13 00:00TS16.6°N 79.6°W50—
1878-08-13 06:00TS17.4°N 80.6°W50—
1878-08-13 12:00TS18.0°N 81.5°W50—
1878-08-13 18:00TS18.7°N 82.5°W50—
1878-08-14 00:00TS19.5°N 83.3°W60—
1878-08-14 06:00TS20.2°N 84.1°W60—
1878-08-14 12:00TS21.0°N 85.0°W60—
1878-08-14 18:00TS21.5°N 85.6°W60—
1878-08-15 00:00HU22.0°N 86.1°W70—
1878-08-15 06:00HU22.5°N 86.8°W70—
1878-08-15 12:00HU22.8°N 87.5°W70—
1878-08-15 18:00HU22.9°N 88.1°W70—
1878-08-16 00:00HU23.0°N 89.0°W70—
1878-08-16 06:00HU23.0°N 89.6°W70—
1878-08-16 12:00HU23.0°N 90.3°W70—
1878-08-16 18:00HU23.0°N 91.1°W70—
1878-08-17 00:00HU23.0°N 92.1°W70—
1878-08-17 06:00HU23.0°N 93.0°W70—
1878-08-17 12:00HU23.0°N 94.0°W70—
1878-08-17 18:00HU23.0°N 94.8°W70—
1878-08-18 00:00HU22.9°N 95.6°W70—
1878-08-18 06:00HU22.8°N 96.5°W70—
1878-08-18 12:00HU22.7°N 97.5°W70—
1878-08-18 18:00TS22.6°N 98.5°W40—
1878-08-19 00:00TD22.5°N 99.2°W30—

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.