1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1878

Aug 25, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 30, 6:00 PM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
972 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (24)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-08-25 00:00TS24.7°N 77.1°W40—
1878-08-25 06:00TS25.4°N 76.6°W40—
1878-08-25 12:00TS26.0°N 76.3°W50—
1878-08-25 18:00TS26.7°N 75.6°W50996
1878-08-26 00:00TS27.4°N 74.9°W60—
1878-08-26 06:00TS28.2°N 74.1°W60—
1878-08-26 12:00HU29.0°N 73.0°W70—
1878-08-26 18:00HU29.5°N 72.1°W70—
1878-08-27 00:00HU30.1°N 71.3°W70—
1878-08-27 06:00HU30.8°N 70.3°W70—
1878-08-27 12:00HU31.5°N 69.3°W80—
1878-08-27 18:00HU32.0°N 68.4°W80—
1878-08-28 00:00HU32.5°N 67.5°W90—
1878-08-28 06:00HU32.9°N 66.6°W90—
1878-08-28 12:00HU33.5°N 65.3°W90—
1878-08-28 18:00HU34.0°N 63.9°W90972
1878-08-29 00:00HU34.5°N 62.2°W80—
1878-08-29 06:00HU35.2°N 60.4°W80975
1878-08-29 12:00HU35.7°N 58.7°W80—
1878-08-29 18:00HU36.3°N 56.3°W80—
1878-08-30 00:00HU36.8°N 53.0°W80—
1878-08-30 06:00HU37.0°N 49.5°W80—
1878-08-30 12:00HU37.3°N 46.5°W80—
1878-08-30 18:00HU37.5°N 43.0°W80—

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.