1979 season

Hurricane Bob (1979)

Jul 9, 12:00 PM UTC – Jul 16, 12:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
986 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1979-07-09 12:00TD22.0°N 96.0°W201012
1979-07-09 18:00TD22.5°N 95.3°W251010
1979-07-10 00:00TD23.0°N 94.6°W301007
1979-07-10 06:00TS23.5°N 93.8°W351004
1979-07-10 12:00TS24.0°N 93.0°W50998
1979-07-10 18:00TS25.0°N 92.3°W55996
1979-07-11 00:00HU26.2°N 91.6°W65988
1979-07-11 06:00HU27.8°N 91.1°W65991
1979-07-11 12:00HU29.1°N 90.6°W65986
1979-07-11 18:00TS31.0°N 90.2°W40992
1979-07-12 00:00TD32.5°N 89.9°W30998
1979-07-12 06:00TD34.0°N 89.7°W251002
1979-07-12 12:00TD35.9°N 89.1°W251004
1979-07-12 18:00TD37.2°N 87.8°W251006
1979-07-13 00:00TD38.5°N 86.5°W251006
1979-07-13 06:00TD38.8°N 85.3°W251006
1979-07-13 12:00TD39.0°N 84.0°W251007
1979-07-13 18:00TD39.0°N 82.7°W251008
1979-07-14 00:00TD39.0°N 81.3°W201009
1979-07-14 06:00TD38.7°N 80.1°W201009
1979-07-14 12:00TD38.3°N 78.8°W201010
1979-07-14 18:00TD37.9°N 77.7°W201010
1979-07-15 00:00TD37.5°N 76.5°W201011
1979-07-15 06:00TD36.8°N 76.3°W201011
1979-07-15 12:00TD36.0°N 76.0°W201012
1979-07-15 18:00TD35.0°N 76.3°W201012
1979-07-16 00:00TD34.0°N 76.5°W201013
1979-07-16 06:00TD33.5°N 75.8°W201013
1979-07-16 12:00TD33.0°N 75.0°W201014

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.