Hurricane Gloria (1979)
Hurricane Gloria reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 4, 1979 and September 15, 1979, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Hurricane Gloria, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1979 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
- September 4, 1979 to September 15, 1979
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 386 km (240 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.4
- Fastest the center moved
- 23 kt (26 mph)
- Identifier
- AL141979
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 15.5N 21.0W | 25 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 16.5N 22.5W | 25 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 17.5N 24.0W | 25 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 18.5N 25.5W | 25 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 19.0N 27.0W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 19.8N 28.8W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 20.5N 30.3W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 21.2N 32.0W | 30 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 22.0N 33.8W | 35 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 22.5N 35.5W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 23.2N 36.8W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 24.4N 37.2W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 25.6N 38.0W | 65 kt | 990 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 26.4N 38.7W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 27.0N 39.2W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 27.5N 40.0W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 28.0N 40.3W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 28.6N 41.0W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 29.3N 41.7W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 29.9N 42.5W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 30.4N 43.2W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 31.0N 44.0W | 70 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 31.5N 45.0W | 70 kt | 989 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 31.2N 45.8W | 65 kt | 991 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 31.0N 46.8W | 65 kt | 993 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 31.1N 47.0W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 31.3N 47.4W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 31.4N 47.9W | 55 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 31.6N 48.1W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 31.8N 48.4W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 32.2N 48.6W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 32.4N 48.6W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 32.8N 48.3W | 80 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 33.2N 47.8W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 33.9N 47.0W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 34.5N 46.0W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 35.0N 45.0W | 85 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 36.0N 43.8W | 80 kt | 978 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 37.0N 41.5W | 80 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 38.5N 39.5W | 75 kt | 980 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 40.2N 37.8W | 75 kt | 985 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 42.0N 35.8W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 43.4N 34.0W | 65 kt | 992 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 45.0N 32.0W | 60 kt | 994 mb | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Hurricane BobNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Tropical Storm ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Hurricane DavidNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Hurricane FredericNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Tropical Storm ElenaNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Hurricane HenriNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1979
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.