Unnamed tropical storm (1978)
Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the North Atlantic between January 18, 1978 and January 23, 1978, with a lowest pressure of 1002 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, 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
- January 18, 1978 to January 23, 1978
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 1002 mb (29.59 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 335 km (208 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 0.0
- Identifier
- AL011978
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 12:00 | 22.0N 44.0W | 25 kt | 1013 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 18, 18:00 | 22.5N 45.0W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Jan 19, 00:00 | 23.0N 46.0W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Jan 19, 06:00 | 23.3N 46.7W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Jan 19, 12:00 | 23.5N 47.6W | 35 kt | 1008 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 19, 18:00 | 23.8N 48.3W | 35 kt | 1007 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 00:00 | 24.0N 49.5W | 35 kt | 1005 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 06:00 | 23.9N 50.5W | 35 kt | 1004 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 12:00 | 23.3N 52.0W | 40 kt | 1002 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 20, 18:00 | 22.9N 53.5W | 40 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 00:00 | 22.8N 54.8W | 40 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 06:00 | 22.7N 56.0W | 40 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 12:00 | 22.6N 57.3W | 40 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jan 21, 18:00 | 22.4N 58.8W | 40 kt | 1003 mb | Subtropical storm |
| Jan 22, 00:00 | 22.0N 59.8W | 35 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jan 22, 06:00 | 21.7N 60.8W | 35 kt | Subtropical storm | |
| Jan 22, 12:00 | 21.4N 61.8W | 30 kt | Subtropical depression | |
| Jan 22, 18:00 | 21.0N 62.9W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Subtropical depression |
| Jan 23, 00:00 | 21.0N 64.0W | 25 kt | Subtropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 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
- Hurricane CoraNorth 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.