1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL09 1878

Oct 9, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 16, 6:00 PM UTC (7.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (32)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-10-09 00:00TS15.6°N 38.0°W40—
1878-10-09 06:00TS15.8°N 38.9°W40—
1878-10-09 12:00TS16.0°N 39.8°W40—
1878-10-09 18:00TS16.2°N 40.7°W40—
1878-10-10 00:00TS16.5°N 41.7°W50—
1878-10-10 06:00TS16.7°N 42.7°W50—
1878-10-10 12:00TS17.0°N 43.7°W50—
1878-10-10 18:00TS17.2°N 44.8°W50—
1878-10-11 00:00TS17.7°N 45.8°W60—
1878-10-11 06:00TS18.2°N 46.8°W60—
1878-10-11 12:00TS19.0°N 47.7°W60—
1878-10-11 18:00TS19.7°N 48.2°W60—
1878-10-12 00:00HU20.9°N 48.8°W70—
1878-10-12 06:00HU21.9°N 49.4°W70—
1878-10-12 12:00HU23.0°N 49.9°W70—
1878-10-12 18:00HU23.9°N 50.4°W70—
1878-10-13 00:00HU24.7°N 50.9°W70—
1878-10-13 06:00HU25.8°N 51.4°W70—
1878-10-13 12:00HU26.9°N 51.8°W70—
1878-10-13 18:00HU27.8°N 51.9°W70—
1878-10-14 00:00HU28.6°N 51.8°W70—
1878-10-14 06:00HU29.6°N 51.8°W70—
1878-10-14 12:00HU30.6°N 51.7°W70—
1878-10-14 18:00HU32.0°N 51.7°W70—
1878-10-15 00:00HU34.3°N 51.5°W70—
1878-10-15 06:00HU36.8°N 51.0°W70—
1878-10-15 12:00HU39.0°N 49.7°W70—
1878-10-15 18:00HU40.8°N 48.0°W70—
1878-10-16 00:00EX42.1°N 45.8°W60—
1878-10-16 06:00EX43.1°N 43.2°W60—
1878-10-16 12:00EX43.5°N 41.0°W60—
1878-10-16 18:00EX44.0°N 38.0°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.