1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL08 1878

Oct 9, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 15, 6:00 PM UTC (6.8 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 10, 9:00 PM UTC · 29.9°N 85.4°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-10-09 00:00TS23.5°N 91.3°W40—
1878-10-09 06:00TS24.6°N 91.1°W40—
1878-10-09 12:00TS25.6°N 90.6°W40—
1878-10-09 18:00TS26.3°N 90.1°W40—
1878-10-10 00:00TS26.8°N 89.6°W50—
1878-10-10 06:00TS27.3°N 89.1°W50—
1878-10-10 12:00TS28.1°N 88.1°W50—
1878-10-10 18:00TS29.2°N 86.6°W50—
1878-10-10 21:00TS29.9°N 85.4°W50—Landfall
1878-10-11 00:00TS30.6°N 83.8°W40—
1878-10-11 06:00TS31.5°N 80.8°W40—
1878-10-11 12:00TS32.7°N 78.1°W50—
1878-10-11 18:00TS33.5°N 76.6°W60—
1878-10-12 00:00HU34.5°N 75.0°W70—
1878-10-12 06:00HU35.8°N 73.6°W70—
1878-10-12 12:00HU37.0°N 72.5°W70—
1878-10-12 18:00HU38.8°N 70.5°W70—
1878-10-13 00:00HU40.2°N 68.1°W70—
1878-10-13 06:00HU41.8°N 65.1°W70—
1878-10-13 12:00HU42.9°N 62.6°W70982
1878-10-13 18:00HU43.8°N 59.7°W70—
1878-10-14 00:00HU44.5°N 56.8°W70—
1878-10-14 06:00HU45.2°N 53.3°W70—
1878-10-14 12:00HU45.5°N 50.0°W70—
1878-10-14 18:00HU45.5°N 47.5°W70—
1878-10-15 00:00EX45.5°N 44.0°W60—
1878-10-15 06:00EX45.5°N 40.9°W60—
1878-10-15 12:00EX45.5°N 37.5°W60—
1878-10-15 18:00EX45.5°N 34.0°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.