Hurricane Cora (1978)
Hurricane Cora reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 7, 1978 and August 12, 1978, with a lowest pressure of 980 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Cora, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1978 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 7, 1978 to August 12, 1978
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb (28.94 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 89 km (55 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 22 kt (25 mph)
- Identifier
- AL061978
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 7, 12:00 | 13.0N 35.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 13.4N 36.2W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 13.8N 37.8W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 13.9N 39.6W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 14.0N 41.5W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 14.0N 43.2W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 14.0N 44.9W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 13.9N 46.8W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 13.6N 48.6W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 13.2N 50.6W | 65 kt | 998 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 12.8N 52.8W | 60 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 12.4N 54.8W | 55 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 12.2N 56.8W | 55 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 10, 18:00 | 12.1N 58.8W | 50 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 12.0N 60.9W | 45 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 12.0N 62.8W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 12.1N 64.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 12.1N 66.8W | 30 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 12.2N 68.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1978
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Tropical Storm AmeliaNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Tropical Storm BessNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Tropical Storm DebraNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Hurricane EllaNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Hurricane FlossieNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Tropical Storm HopeNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Hurricane Greta:OliviaNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Tropical Storm IrmaNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Tropical Storm JulietNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Hurricane KendraNorth Atlantic · 1978
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1978
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.