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NHC AL011878 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1878

July 1, 1878 – July 3, 1878

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1878 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 58 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1878 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1878 (AL011878) from July 1, 1878 to July 3, 1878; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 2 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 7 miles from Marco Island, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 58 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 33 miles from Sanibel, FL; the centre came closest to Jupiter, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
58
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1878 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (58)

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.