1978 season

Hurricane Daniel (1978)

Jun 26, 6:00 PM UTC – Jul 3, 6:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-06-26 18:00TD13.6°N 100.1°W30—
1978-06-27 00:00TD14.0°N 101.0°W30—
1978-06-27 06:00TS14.7°N 101.7°W35—
1978-06-27 12:00TS15.3°N 102.6°W35—
1978-06-27 18:00TD15.6°N 103.6°W25—
1978-06-28 00:00TD15.8°N 104.7°W30—
1978-06-28 06:00TD16.1°N 105.7°W30—
1978-06-28 12:00TD16.3°N 106.7°W30—
1978-06-28 18:00TS16.6°N 107.7°W55—
1978-06-29 00:00TS16.7°N 108.7°W60—
1978-06-29 06:00TS16.8°N 109.8°W60—
1978-06-29 12:00TS16.9°N 110.9°W60—
1978-06-29 18:00HU16.9°N 111.9°W65—
1978-06-30 00:00HU16.9°N 112.9°W70—
1978-06-30 06:00HU16.8°N 114.0°W80—
1978-06-30 12:00HU16.8°N 115.2°W100—
1978-06-30 18:00HU16.7°N 116.6°W100—
1978-07-01 00:00HU16.7°N 118.0°W100—
1978-07-01 06:00HU16.7°N 119.7°W100—
1978-07-01 12:00HU16.7°N 121.3°W100—
1978-07-01 18:00HU16.7°N 123.0°W90—
1978-07-02 00:00HU16.6°N 124.7°W90—
1978-07-02 06:00HU16.5°N 126.3°W80—
1978-07-02 12:00HU16.5°N 128.0°W65—
1978-07-02 18:00TS16.8°N 129.7°W45—
1978-07-03 00:00TS17.1°N 131.7°W45—
1978-07-03 06:00TS17.3°N 133.7°W35—
1978-07-03 12:00TD17.3°N 135.8°W30—
1978-07-03 18:00TD16.4°N 137.8°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.