Unnamed hurricane (1878)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 16, 1878 and August 21, 1878, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1878 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 16, 1878 to August 21, 1878
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb (28.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.8
- Identifier
- AL031878
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 31.5N 74.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 31.9N 73.8W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 32.2N 73.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 32.6N 73.4W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 33.0N 73.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 33.3N 71.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 33.6N 69.2W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 33.9N 67.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 34.2N 65.4W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 34.5N 63.4W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 35.5N 60.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 37.3N 60.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 39.3N 60.3W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 41.5N 60.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 43.5N 59.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 45.8N 59.7W | 80 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 48.0N 59.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 49.8N 59.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 51.0N 58.3W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 51.6N 57.3W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 52.0N 56.0W | 60 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 52.2N 54.5W | 60 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1878
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1878
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1878
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.