1879 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL06 1879

Oct 9, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 16, 6:00 PM UTC (7.8 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 16, 8:00 AM UTC · 30.4°N 86.6°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (33)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1879-10-09 00:00TS14.2°N 56.0°W40—
1879-10-09 06:00TS14.2°N 57.2°W40—
1879-10-09 12:00TS14.3°N 58.5°W40—
1879-10-09 18:00TS14.4°N 59.9°W40—
1879-10-10 00:00TS14.6°N 61.4°W40—
1879-10-10 06:00TS14.8°N 63.2°W40—
1879-10-10 12:00TS15.0°N 65.0°W40—
1879-10-10 18:00TS15.2°N 66.4°W40—
1879-10-11 00:00TS15.4°N 68.1°W40—
1879-10-11 06:00TS15.7°N 70.0°W40—
1879-10-11 12:00TS16.0°N 72.0°W50—
1879-10-11 18:00TS16.2°N 73.6°W50—
1879-10-12 00:00TS16.7°N 75.1°W50—
1879-10-12 06:00TS17.5°N 76.8°W50—
1879-10-12 12:00TS18.1°N 78.3°W50—
1879-10-12 18:00TS18.7°N 79.3°W50—
1879-10-13 00:00TS19.2°N 80.3°W50—
1879-10-13 06:00TS20.0°N 81.1°W50—
1879-10-13 12:00TS20.4°N 81.9°W50—
1879-10-13 18:00TS21.0°N 82.6°W50—
1879-10-14 00:00TS21.7°N 83.1°W50—
1879-10-14 06:00TS22.5°N 83.5°W50—
1879-10-14 12:00TS23.2°N 83.9°W50—
1879-10-14 18:00TS24.1°N 84.1°W50—
1879-10-15 00:00TS24.9°N 84.3°W50—
1879-10-15 06:00TS25.9°N 84.5°W50—
1879-10-15 12:00TS26.8°N 84.8°W50—
1879-10-15 18:00TS27.7°N 85.1°W50—
1879-10-16 00:00TS28.7°N 85.6°W50—
1879-10-16 06:00TS29.9°N 86.4°W50—
1879-10-16 08:00TS30.4°N 86.6°W50—Landfall
1879-10-16 12:00TS31.3°N 87.1°W40—
1879-10-16 18:00TD33.0°N 88.0°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.