1978 season

Hurricane Cora (1978)

Aug 7, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 12, 12:00 AM UTC (4.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
980 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (19)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-08-07 12:00TD13.0°N 35.0°W251010
1978-08-07 18:00TD13.4°N 36.2°W251010
1978-08-08 00:00TD13.8°N 37.8°W251009
1978-08-08 06:00TD13.9°N 39.6°W301008
1978-08-08 12:00TS14.0°N 41.5°W501003
1978-08-08 18:00HU14.0°N 43.2°W65990
1978-08-09 00:00HU14.0°N 44.9°W80980
1978-08-09 06:00HU13.9°N 46.8°W80980
1978-08-09 12:00HU13.6°N 48.6°W70988
1978-08-09 18:00HU13.2°N 50.6°W65998
1978-08-10 00:00TS12.8°N 52.8°W601006
1978-08-10 06:00TS12.4°N 54.8°W551007
1978-08-10 12:00TS12.2°N 56.8°W551007
1978-08-10 18:00TS12.1°N 58.8°W501008
1978-08-11 00:00TS12.0°N 60.9°W451008
1978-08-11 06:00TS12.0°N 62.8°W351008
1978-08-11 12:00TD12.1°N 64.8°W301008
1978-08-11 18:00TD12.1°N 66.8°W301009
1978-08-12 00:00TD12.2°N 68.8°W301010

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.