1879 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL08 1879

Nov 18, 12:00 AM UTC – Nov 21, 6:00 PM UTC (3.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
968 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (16)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1879-11-18 00:00TS21.7°N 73.5°W60—
1879-11-18 06:00TS22.5°N 73.5°W60—
1879-11-18 12:00TS23.5°N 73.5°W60—
1879-11-18 18:00TS24.2°N 73.5°W60—
1879-11-19 00:00HU25.2°N 73.5°W70—
1879-11-19 06:00HU26.3°N 73.5°W70—
1879-11-19 12:00HU28.0°N 73.5°W80—
1879-11-19 18:00HU30.6°N 73.0°W80—
1879-11-20 00:00HU33.5°N 72.0°W90—
1879-11-20 06:00HU36.3°N 70.0°W90—
1879-11-20 12:00EX39.0°N 68.0°W80—
1879-11-20 18:00EX42.5°N 64.8°W80968
1879-11-21 00:00EX45.8°N 61.8°W70—
1879-11-21 06:00EX49.3°N 58.7°W60—
1879-11-21 12:00EX53.0°N 55.5°W50—
1879-11-21 18:00EX55.0°N 54.0°W50—

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.