1978 season

Hurricane Olivia (1978)

Sep 20, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 23, 12:00 AM UTC (3.0 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 (13)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1978-09-20 00:00TD15.7°N 93.0°W30—
1978-09-20 06:00TS15.0°N 94.0°W35—
1978-09-20 12:00TS14.6°N 95.0°W35—
1978-09-20 18:00TS14.9°N 95.2°W55—
1978-09-21 00:00TS14.9°N 95.1°W55—
1978-09-21 06:00TS14.7°N 95.1°W55—
1978-09-21 12:00TS14.3°N 95.1°W55—
1978-09-21 18:00TS13.9°N 95.0°W60—
1978-09-22 00:00HU14.0°N 94.8°W65—
1978-09-22 06:00HU14.0°N 95.0°W65—
1978-09-22 12:00HU15.2°N 94.8°W65—
1978-09-22 18:00TS15.9°N 94.3°W50—
1978-09-23 00:00TD16.5°N 94.0°W30—

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.