1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL07 1878

Sep 24, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 8, 6:00 PM UTC (14.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
140 mph (120 kt)
Lowest pressure
938 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (60)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-09-24 00:00TS15.1°N 71.9°W40—
1878-09-24 06:00TS15.5°N 71.9°W40—
1878-09-24 12:00TS16.0°N 72.0°W50—
1878-09-24 18:00TS16.2°N 72.0°W50—
1878-09-25 00:00TS16.4°N 72.0°W60—
1878-09-25 06:00TS16.7°N 72.1°W60—
1878-09-25 12:00HU17.0°N 72.1°W70—
1878-09-25 18:00HU17.6°N 72.2°W70—
1878-09-26 00:00HU18.0°N 72.3°W70—
1878-09-26 06:00TS18.4°N 72.4°W60—
1878-09-26 12:00TS18.7°N 72.5°W50—
1878-09-26 18:00TS19.2°N 72.6°W40—
1878-09-27 00:00TS19.5°N 72.6°W40—
1878-09-27 06:00TS19.7°N 72.6°W40—
1878-09-27 12:00TS20.1°N 72.6°W50—
1878-09-27 18:00TS20.5°N 72.7°W60—
1878-09-28 00:00HU20.9°N 72.8°W70—
1878-09-28 06:00HU21.2°N 72.9°W70—
1878-09-28 12:00HU21.6°N 73.0°W70—
1878-09-28 18:00HU22.1°N 73.1°W70—
1878-09-29 00:00HU22.4°N 73.3°W80—
1878-09-29 06:00HU22.7°N 73.4°W80—
1878-09-29 12:00HU23.2°N 73.5°W80—
1878-09-29 18:00HU23.6°N 73.5°W80—
1878-09-30 00:00HU23.9°N 73.5°W90—
1878-09-30 06:00HU24.2°N 73.5°W90—
1878-09-30 12:00HU24.7°N 73.5°W90—
1878-09-30 18:00HU25.4°N 73.5°W90—
1878-10-01 00:00HU25.8°N 73.5°W100—
1878-10-01 06:00HU26.3°N 73.4°W100—
1878-10-01 12:00HU26.8°N 73.3°W100—
1878-10-01 18:00HU27.4°N 73.1°W100—
1878-10-02 00:00HU27.6°N 73.1°W110—
1878-10-02 06:00HU28.0°N 73.1°W110—
1878-10-02 12:00HU28.5°N 73.0°W110—
1878-10-02 18:00HU28.9°N 72.9°W110—
1878-10-03 00:00HU29.3°N 72.6°W120—
1878-10-03 06:00HU29.8°N 72.5°W120—
1878-10-03 12:00HU30.2°N 72.1°W120—
1878-10-03 18:00HU30.8°N 71.9°W120—
1878-10-04 00:00HU31.4°N 71.5°W120—
1878-10-04 06:00HU31.9°N 71.1°W120—
1878-10-04 12:00HU32.5°N 70.6°W120—
1878-10-04 18:00HU33.3°N 70.0°W120—
1878-10-05 00:00HU33.9°N 69.3°W110—
1878-10-05 06:00HU34.4°N 68.6°W110—
1878-10-05 12:00HU35.0°N 67.7°W110—
1878-10-05 18:00HU36.0°N 66.6°W110—
1878-10-06 00:00HU37.3°N 64.8°W110—
1878-10-06 06:00HU38.5°N 62.6°W110—
1878-10-06 12:00HU39.7°N 60.5°W110—
1878-10-06 18:00HU40.7°N 58.3°W110—
1878-10-07 00:00HU41.7°N 55.5°W110—
1878-10-07 06:00HU42.7°N 51.9°W110—
1878-10-07 12:00HU43.5°N 48.5°W110938
1878-10-07 18:00HU44.8°N 44.3°W100—
1878-10-08 00:00HU46.2°N 39.5°W100—
1878-10-08 06:00HU47.5°N 35.5°W100—
1878-10-08 12:00HU48.5°N 31.0°W90—
1878-10-08 18:00HU49.5°N 27.0°W90—

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.