1879 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL05 1879

Oct 3, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 7, 6:00 PM UTC (4.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Oct 7, 5:00 AM UTC · 29.0°N 89.2°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (21)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1879-10-03 00:00TS14.5°N 77.6°W40—
1879-10-03 06:00TS15.4°N 78.6°W40—
1879-10-03 12:00TS16.2°N 79.5°W40—
1879-10-03 18:00TS17.2°N 80.4°W40—
1879-10-04 00:00TS18.2°N 81.4°W40—
1879-10-04 06:00TS19.1°N 82.1°W40—
1879-10-04 12:00TS20.0°N 83.0°W40—
1879-10-04 18:00TS20.7°N 83.9°W40—
1879-10-05 00:00TS21.6°N 84.6°W40—
1879-10-05 06:00TS22.4°N 85.4°W40—
1879-10-05 12:00TS23.1°N 85.9°W40—
1879-10-05 18:00TS23.7°N 86.4°W40—
1879-10-06 00:00TS24.4°N 86.9°W50—
1879-10-06 06:00TS25.0°N 87.4°W50—
1879-10-06 12:00TS25.8°N 87.9°W50—
1879-10-06 18:00TS26.7°N 88.4°W50—
1879-10-07 00:00TS28.0°N 88.9°W50—
1879-10-07 05:00TS29.0°N 89.2°W50—Landfall
1879-10-07 06:00TS29.3°N 89.3°W50—
1879-10-07 12:00TS31.2°N 90.0°W40—
1879-10-07 18:00TD33.0°N 90.5°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.