1978 season

Hurricane Carlotta (1978)

Jun 17, 6:00 AM UTC – Jun 25, 6:00 PM UTC (8.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
130 mph (115 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (35)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-06-17 06:00TD13.7°N 106.1°W20—
1978-06-17 12:00TD13.7°N 107.2°W25—
1978-06-17 18:00TD13.7°N 108.5°W25—
1978-06-18 00:00TS13.5°N 109.7°W35—
1978-06-18 06:00TS13.3°N 110.7°W35—
1978-06-18 12:00TS13.0°N 111.5°W35—
1978-06-18 18:00TS12.5°N 112.0°W40—
1978-06-19 00:00TS12.2°N 112.6°W45—
1978-06-19 06:00HU11.9°N 113.3°W65—
1978-06-19 12:00HU11.8°N 113.9°W65—
1978-06-19 18:00HU11.8°N 114.5°W70—
1978-06-20 00:00HU11.9°N 115.0°W70—
1978-06-20 06:00HU12.1°N 115.2°W100—
1978-06-20 12:00HU12.3°N 115.5°W105—
1978-06-20 18:00HU12.7°N 116.3°W105—
1978-06-21 00:00HU13.1°N 117.0°W110—
1978-06-21 06:00HU13.5°N 117.5°W110—
1978-06-21 12:00HU13.9°N 118.1°W115—
1978-06-21 18:00HU14.0°N 119.0°W115—
1978-06-22 00:00HU14.3°N 119.5°W115—
1978-06-22 06:00HU14.7°N 120.0°W110—
1978-06-22 12:00HU15.1°N 120.3°W115—
1978-06-22 18:00HU15.9°N 121.1°W110—
1978-06-23 00:00HU16.5°N 122.0°W105—
1978-06-23 06:00HU17.0°N 122.5°W90—
1978-06-23 12:00HU17.7°N 123.2°W75—
1978-06-23 18:00HU18.1°N 124.2°W70—
1978-06-24 00:00TS18.3°N 125.3°W60—
1978-06-24 06:00TS18.5°N 126.5°W55—
1978-06-24 12:00TS18.5°N 127.6°W50—
1978-06-24 18:00TS18.9°N 128.9°W40—
1978-06-25 00:00TS19.1°N 130.5°W35—
1978-06-25 06:00TD19.2°N 132.2°W25—
1978-06-25 12:00TD19.0°N 134.0°W25—
1978-06-25 18:00TD19.1°N 135.6°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.