Storm history › Atlantic › 1879 season
Unnamed hurricane 1, 1879 Atlantic
This storm was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1879 Atlantic season. It was tracked from August 9, 1879 to August 12, 1879, about 4 days, and covered 1,485 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 80 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 4 days
- Track length
- 1,485 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 5.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 767th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Tropical Storm Dexter (2025), Hurricane Debby (2024), Hurricane Pablo (2019) and 41 more.
- Energy: 9% of the 1879 Atlantic season's ACE.