1978 season

Unnamed Tropical Depression, AL21 1978

Oct 13, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 17, 6:00 PM UTC (4.3 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 (18)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-10-13 12:00TD40.5°N 31.0°W20—
1978-10-13 18:00TD39.7°N 31.5°W20—
1978-10-14 00:00TD38.8°N 32.0°W20—
1978-10-14 06:00TD37.9°N 32.5°W20—
1978-10-14 12:00TD37.0°N 33.0°W20—
1978-10-14 18:00TD36.5°N 34.0°W20—
1978-10-15 00:00TD36.0°N 35.0°W25—
1978-10-15 06:00TD35.5°N 36.0°W25—
1978-10-15 12:00TD35.0°N 37.0°W30—
1978-10-15 18:00TD35.2°N 38.0°W30—
1978-10-16 00:00TD35.5°N 39.0°W30—
1978-10-16 06:00TD35.8°N 40.0°W30—
1978-10-16 12:00TD36.0°N 41.0°W30—
1978-10-16 18:00TD37.0°N 41.0°W30—
1978-10-17 00:00TD38.0°N 41.0°W30—
1978-10-17 06:00TD39.0°N 41.0°W25—
1978-10-17 12:00TD40.0°N 41.0°W25—
1978-10-17 18:00TD41.0°N 40.5°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.