1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL03 1878

Aug 19, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 21, 6:00 PM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
963 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-08-19 00:00HU35.5°N 60.5°W80—
1878-08-19 06:00HU37.3°N 60.4°W80—
1878-08-19 12:00HU39.3°N 60.3°W80—
1878-08-19 18:00HU41.5°N 60.1°W80—
1878-08-20 00:00HU43.5°N 59.9°W80—
1878-08-20 06:00HU45.8°N 59.7°W80963
1878-08-20 12:00HU48.0°N 59.5°W70—
1878-08-20 18:00HU49.8°N 59.0°W70—
1878-08-21 00:00EX51.0°N 58.3°W60—
1878-08-21 06:00EX51.6°N 57.3°W60—
1878-08-21 12:00EX52.0°N 56.0°W60—
1878-08-21 18:00EX52.2°N 54.5°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.