1979 season

Unnamed Tropical Depression, AL17 1979

Oct 12, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 20, 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
1979-10-12 12:00TD16.9°N 87.3°W20—
1979-10-12 18:00TD17.2°N 87.1°W20—
1979-10-13 00:00TD17.6°N 86.9°W25—
1979-10-13 06:00TD17.9°N 86.4°W25—
1979-10-13 12:00TD18.0°N 86.0°W25—
1979-10-13 18:00TD18.1°N 85.5°W30—
1979-10-14 00:00TD18.2°N 84.9°W30—
1979-10-14 06:00TD18.3°N 84.4°W30—
1979-10-14 12:00TD18.4°N 83.9°W30—
1979-10-14 18:00TD18.5°N 83.4°W30—
1979-10-15 00:00TD18.8°N 82.9°W30—
1979-10-15 06:00TD18.9°N 82.4°W30—
1979-10-15 12:00TD19.1°N 82.1°W30—
1979-10-15 18:00TD19.3°N 81.8°W30—
1979-10-16 00:00TD19.7°N 81.4°W30—
1979-10-16 06:00TD20.0°N 81.2°W30—
1979-10-16 12:00TD20.3°N 81.2°W30—
1979-10-16 18:00TD20.7°N 81.4°W30—
1979-10-17 00:00TD21.0°N 81.7°W30—
1979-10-17 06:00TD21.1°N 82.1°W30—
1979-10-17 12:00TD21.2°N 82.5°W30—
1979-10-17 18:00TD21.1°N 83.0°W30—
1979-10-18 00:00TD21.0°N 83.5°W25—
1979-10-18 06:00TD20.9°N 84.0°W25—
1979-10-18 12:00TD20.5°N 84.4°W25—
1979-10-18 18:00TD20.2°N 84.8°W25—
1979-10-19 00:00TD20.0°N 85.1°W25—
1979-10-19 06:00TD19.7°N 85.7°W25—
1979-10-19 12:00TD19.5°N 86.4°W25—
1979-10-19 18:00TD19.1°N 86.9°W25—
1979-10-20 00:00TD19.0°N 87.2°W20—
1979-10-20 06:00TD18.8°N 87.9°W20—
1979-10-20 12:00TD18.6°N 88.2°W-99—

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.