1978 season

Unnamed Tropical Depression, AL12 1978

Sep 3, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 11, 12:00 PM UTC (8.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Depression
Max sustained wind
35 mph (30 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (33)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-09-03 12:00TD14.0°N 16.0°W20—
1978-09-03 18:00TD13.9°N 17.1°W20—
1978-09-04 00:00TD13.7°N 18.2°W25—
1978-09-04 06:00TD13.6°N 19.3°W25—
1978-09-04 12:00TD13.5°N 20.5°W25—
1978-09-04 18:00TD13.5°N 22.1°W30—
1978-09-05 00:00TD13.4°N 23.7°W30—
1978-09-05 06:00TD13.3°N 25.3°W30—
1978-09-05 12:00TD13.2°N 27.0°W30—
1978-09-05 18:00TD13.4°N 28.1°W30—
1978-09-06 00:00TD13.6°N 29.3°W30—
1978-09-06 06:00TD13.8°N 30.9°W30—
1978-09-06 12:00TD14.0°N 32.5°W30—
1978-09-06 18:00TD14.6°N 33.3°W30—
1978-09-07 00:00TD15.2°N 34.2°W30—
1978-09-07 06:00TD15.8°N 35.1°W30—
1978-09-07 12:00TD16.5°N 36.0°W30—
1978-09-07 18:00TD17.3°N 37.0°W30—
1978-09-08 00:00TD18.2°N 38.0°W30—
1978-09-08 06:00TD19.1°N 39.0°W30—
1978-09-08 12:00TD20.0°N 40.0°W25—
1978-09-08 18:00TD21.0°N 40.5°W25—
1978-09-09 00:00TD22.0°N 41.0°W25—
1978-09-09 06:00TD23.0°N 41.5°W25—
1978-09-09 12:00TD24.0°N 42.0°W25—
1978-09-09 18:00TD25.1°N 42.0°W25—
1978-09-10 00:00TD26.2°N 42.0°W25—
1978-09-10 06:00TD27.3°N 42.0°W25—
1978-09-10 12:00TD28.5°N 42.0°W20—
1978-09-10 18:00TD29.8°N 41.3°W20—
1978-09-11 00:00TD31.0°N 40.5°W20—
1978-09-11 06:00TD32.3°N 39.7°W20—
1978-09-11 12:00TD37.5°N 39.0°W20—

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.