1879 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL07 1879

Oct 24, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 29, 6:00 PM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 27, 9:00 PM UTC · 29.0°N 82.7°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
Every track point (25)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1879-10-24 00:00TS20.2°N 84.6°W40—
1879-10-24 06:00TS20.6°N 85.1°W40—
1879-10-24 12:00TS21.1°N 85.6°W40—
1879-10-24 18:00TS21.4°N 86.0°W40—
1879-10-25 00:00TS21.7°N 86.3°W40—
1879-10-25 06:00TS22.1°N 86.6°W40—
1879-10-25 12:00TS22.2°N 86.9°W50—
1879-10-25 18:00TS22.7°N 87.3°W50—
1879-10-26 00:00TS23.1°N 87.6°W50—
1879-10-26 06:00TS23.5°N 87.9°W50—
1879-10-26 12:00TS24.0°N 88.0°W60—
1879-10-26 18:00TS24.5°N 88.0°W60—
1879-10-27 00:00TS25.1°N 87.6°W60—
1879-10-27 06:00TS26.0°N 87.1°W60—
1879-10-27 12:00TS27.0°N 86.1°W60—
1879-10-27 18:00TS28.2°N 84.1°W60—
1879-10-27 21:00TS29.0°N 82.7°W60—Landfall
1879-10-28 00:00TS29.6°N 81.6°W50—
1879-10-28 06:00TS31.5°N 78.6°W50—
1879-10-28 12:00TS33.7°N 75.6°W60—
1879-10-28 18:00TS36.9°N 72.9°W60—
1879-10-29 00:00HU40.0°N 69.1°W70—
1879-10-29 06:00HU42.5°N 65.5°W70—
1879-10-29 12:00TS44.3°N 61.5°W60—
1879-10-29 18:00TS46.5°N 56.5°W60—

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.