1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL06 1878

Sep 12, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 18, 6:00 PM UTC (6.8 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-09-12 00:00HU12.5°N 45.0°W70—
1878-09-12 06:00HU12.8°N 46.2°W70—
1878-09-12 12:00HU13.2°N 47.2°W70—
1878-09-12 18:00HU13.8°N 48.0°W70—
1878-09-13 00:00HU14.7°N 49.3°W70—
1878-09-13 06:00HU15.8°N 50.7°W70—
1878-09-13 12:00HU16.6°N 52.0°W70—
1878-09-13 18:00HU17.0°N 53.0°W70—
1878-09-14 00:00HU17.2°N 53.7°W80—
1878-09-14 06:00HU17.7°N 54.4°W80—
1878-09-14 12:00HU18.1°N 55.0°W80—
1878-09-14 18:00HU18.4°N 55.7°W80—
1878-09-15 00:00HU18.9°N 56.4°W80—
1878-09-15 06:00HU19.2°N 57.1°W80—
1878-09-15 12:00HU20.0°N 57.9°W90—
1878-09-15 18:00HU20.7°N 58.3°W90—
1878-09-16 00:00HU21.4°N 58.7°W90—
1878-09-16 06:00HU22.0°N 59.1°W90—
1878-09-16 12:00HU22.7°N 59.5°W90—
1878-09-16 18:00HU23.7°N 59.9°W90—
1878-09-17 00:00HU24.7°N 60.2°W80—
1878-09-17 06:00HU26.0°N 60.4°W80—
1878-09-17 12:00HU27.1°N 60.3°W80—
1878-09-17 18:00HU27.7°N 60.2°W80—
1878-09-18 00:00HU28.4°N 60.1°W70—
1878-09-18 06:00HU29.1°N 59.9°W70—
1878-09-18 12:00HU29.7°N 59.7°W70—
1878-09-18 18:00HU30.4°N 59.4°W70—

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.