1978 season

Hurricane Miriam (1978)

Aug 23, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 2, 12:00 AM UTC (9.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (38)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-08-23 18:00TD10.8°N 115.2°W25—
1978-08-24 00:00TD10.8°N 116.0°W30—
1978-08-24 06:00TD11.4°N 117.0°W30—
1978-08-24 12:00TD11.5°N 118.2°W30—
1978-08-24 18:00TD10.9°N 119.8°W30—
1978-08-25 00:00TD11.0°N 121.3°W30—
1978-08-25 06:00TD11.2°N 123.0°W25—
1978-08-25 12:00TD11.5°N 125.0°W25—
1978-08-25 18:00TD11.9°N 127.0°W25—
1978-08-26 00:00TD12.1°N 129.0°W25—
1978-08-26 06:00TD12.6°N 130.4°W25—
1978-08-26 12:00TD12.6°N 132.0°W25—
1978-08-26 18:00TD12.8°N 133.5°W25—
1978-08-27 00:00TS13.2°N 134.8°W35—
1978-08-27 06:00TS13.5°N 136.1°W35—
1978-08-27 12:00TS13.3°N 137.5°W35—
1978-08-27 18:00TS12.7°N 138.8°W35—
1978-08-28 00:00TS13.0°N 140.0°W55—
1978-08-28 06:00TS13.0°N 141.5°W60—
1978-08-28 12:00HU13.4°N 143.0°W70—
1978-08-28 18:00HU14.1°N 144.0°W75—
1978-08-29 00:00HU15.1°N 145.3°W80—
1978-08-29 06:00HU15.2°N 146.5°W70—
1978-08-29 12:00TS15.2°N 147.8°W60—
1978-08-29 18:00TS16.3°N 149.2°W50—
1978-08-30 00:00TS15.8°N 150.2°W45—
1978-08-30 06:00TS16.7°N 151.2°W45—
1978-08-30 12:00TS17.0°N 152.7°W45—
1978-08-30 18:00TS16.0°N 154.0°W45—
1978-08-31 00:00TS15.8°N 155.4°W45—
1978-08-31 06:00TS15.8°N 157.0°W40—
1978-08-31 12:00TS15.8°N 158.7°W35—
1978-08-31 18:00TD15.0°N 160.1°W30—
1978-09-01 00:00TD14.5°N 161.5°W25—
1978-09-01 06:00TD14.5°N 163.0°W25—
1978-09-01 12:00TD14.6°N 164.5°W25—
1978-09-01 18:00TD14.0°N 166.2°W25—
1978-09-02 00:00TD13.8°N 168.2°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.