NHC AL121878 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1878
November 25, 1878 – December 2, 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 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1878 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1878 (AL121878) from November 25, 1878 to December 2, 1878; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Aguirre, PR.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
69 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1878 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- AguirreTropical storm · 3 mi
- ArroyoTropical storm · 3 mi
- GuayamaTropical storm · 3 mi
- MaunaboTropical storm · 4 mi
- SalinasTropical storm · 5 mi
- Santa IsabelTropical storm · 5 mi
- PatillasTropical storm · 5 mi
- MerceditaTropical storm · 7 mi
- PonceTropical storm · 8 mi
- YabucoaTropical storm · 8 mi
- EnsenadaTropical storm · 8 mi
- Juana DiazTropical storm · 9 mi
- ViequesTropical storm · 10 mi
- GuanicaTropical storm · 10 mi
- Coto LaurelTropical storm · 11 mi
- GuayanillaTropical storm · 12 mi
- PenuelasTropical storm · 12 mi
- CoamoTropical storm · 12 mi
- CayeyTropical storm · 12 mi
- HumacaoTropical storm · 13 mi
- LajasTropical storm · 13 mi
- BoqueronTropical storm · 13 mi
- Punta SantiagoTropical storm · 14 mi
- AibonitoTropical storm · 14 mi
- YaucoTropical storm · 14 mi
- San LorenzoTropical storm · 14 mi
- VillalbaTropical storm · 15 mi
- Sabana GrandeTropical storm · 16 mi
- Las PiedrasTropical storm · 16 mi
- CidraTropical storm · 16 mi
- NaguaboTropical storm · 18 mi
- San GermanTropical storm · 18 mi
- JuncosTropical storm · 19 mi
- Cabo RojoTropical storm · 19 mi
- BarranquitasTropical storm · 19 mi
- CeibaTropical storm · 20 mi
- CaguasTropical storm · 20 mi
- ComerioTropical storm · 20 mi
- AdjuntasTropical storm · 21 mi
- OrocovisTropical storm · 21 mi
- Aguas BuenasTropical storm · 21 mi
- GuraboTropical storm · 21 mi
- JayuyaTropical storm · 22 mi
- HormiguerosTropical storm · 22 mi
- MaricaoTropical storm · 23 mi
- FajardoTropical storm · 24 mi
- NaranjitoTropical storm · 25 mi
- UtuadoTropical storm · 26 mi
- CorozalTropical storm · 26 mi
- MayaguezTropical storm · 27 mi
- LuquilloTropical storm · 27 mi
- CialesTropical storm · 28 mi
- Las MariasTropical storm · 28 mi
- Trujillo AltoTropical storm · 28 mi
- CanovanasTropical storm · 28 mi
- MorovisTropical storm · 28 mi
- Rio GrandeTropical storm · 28 mi
- LaresTropical storm · 30 mi
- GuaynaboTropical storm · 30 mi
- BayamonTropical storm · 30 mi
and 26 more
Other storms of the 1878 season
- Unnamed (AL011878)Tropical storm · 58 cities
- Unnamed (AL051878)Category 2 · 1,403 cities
- Unnamed (AL081878)Category 1 · 211 cities
- Unnamed (AL111878)Category 2 · 2,247 cities
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.