1978 season

Hurricane Aletta (1978)

May 30, 12:00 PM UTC – Jun 1, 6:00 AM UTC (1.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
75 mph (65 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (8)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-05-30 12:00TS15.0°N 100.0°W35—
1978-05-30 18:00TS15.6°N 100.5°W40—
1978-05-31 00:00HU16.2°N 101.0°W65—
1978-05-31 06:00TS16.8°N 101.6°W50—
1978-05-31 12:00TS17.5°N 102.0°W45—
1978-05-31 18:00TS18.0°N 102.1°W45—
1978-06-01 00:00EX18.6°N 102.5°W25—
1978-06-01 06:00EX19.0°N 102.8°W25—

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.