1878 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL11 1878

Oct 18, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 25, 6:00 PM UTC (7.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
963 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 23, 4:00 AM UTC · 34.8°N 77.1°W · Hurricane · 105 mph · 963 mb
Every track point (33)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1878-10-18 00:00TS17.2°N 79.6°W40—
1878-10-18 06:00TS17.7°N 80.1°W40—
1878-10-18 12:00TS18.0°N 80.5°W50—
1878-10-18 18:00TS18.2°N 80.6°W50—
1878-10-19 00:00TS18.5°N 80.9°W60—
1878-10-19 06:00TS18.7°N 81.1°W60—
1878-10-19 12:00TS19.0°N 81.3°W60—
1878-10-19 18:00TS19.4°N 81.6°W60—
1878-10-20 00:00HU19.7°N 81.9°W70—
1878-10-20 06:00HU20.2°N 82.1°W70—
1878-10-20 12:00HU20.7°N 82.4°W80—
1878-10-20 18:00HU21.2°N 82.4°W80—
1878-10-21 00:00HU21.9°N 82.4°W90—
1878-10-21 06:00HU22.5°N 82.2°W90—
1878-10-21 12:00HU23.2°N 81.8°W80—
1878-10-21 18:00HU24.4°N 81.0°W70—
1878-10-22 00:00HU25.9°N 79.8°W70—
1878-10-22 06:00HU27.3°N 79.3°W70—
1878-10-22 12:00HU28.7°N 78.8°W80—
1878-10-22 18:00HU30.7°N 78.0°W80—
1878-10-23 00:00HU33.0°N 77.4°W90963
1878-10-23 04:00HU34.8°N 77.1°W90963Landfall
1878-10-23 06:00HU35.7°N 77.0°W90—
1878-10-23 12:00HU39.0°N 77.2°W80975
1878-10-23 18:00HU41.5°N 75.4°W70—
1878-10-24 00:00EX42.7°N 73.6°W60—
1878-10-24 06:00EX42.9°N 71.4°W50—
1878-10-24 12:00EX42.5°N 68.8°W50—
1878-10-24 18:00EX41.5°N 66.6°W50—
1878-10-25 00:00EX40.9°N 65.0°W50—
1878-10-25 06:00EX40.2°N 63.1°W50—
1878-10-25 12:00EX39.5°N 61.3°W50—
1878-10-25 18:00EX39.0°N 59.8°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.