The unnamed hurricane of 1878
Sep 1, 1878 to Sep 13, 1878Peak 104 mph970 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1878 passed within 50 miles of 155 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Hernando County, FL, as a Category 2 on September 10, 1878.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1878
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 155
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
- Counties within 100 miles
- 255
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
- Landfalls recorded
- 4
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Hernando County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Anson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bath County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rockbridge County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pendleton County | WV | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Rockingham County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Guilford County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bedford County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Augusta County | VA | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Highland County | VA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 1.7 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | SC | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 3.2 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Alleghany County | VA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Botetourt County | VA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pittsylvania County | VA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | VA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Pasco County | FL | 6.2 | Category 2 |
| Florence County | SC | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington city | VA | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pocahontas County | WV | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 9.6 | Category 1 |
| Roanoke County | VA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Martinsville city | VA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Roanoke city | VA | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Forsyth County | NC | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Buena Vista city | VA | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | NC | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Amherst County | VA | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 13.0 | Category 2 |
| Moore County | NC | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stokes County | NC | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 13.1 | Category 1 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 13.7 | Category 1 |
| Patrick County | VA | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | VA | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 15.4 | Category 1 |
| Caswell County | NC | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Danville city | VA | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 17.4 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 17.5 | Category 1 |
| Scotland County | NC | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rowan County | NC | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Campbell County | VA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Salem city | VA | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Covington city | VA | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 21.8 | Category 1 |
| Floyd County | VA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craig County | VA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lynchburg city | VA | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Staunton city | VA | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Nelson County | VA | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 24.1 | Category 1 |
| Greenbrier County | WV | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 25.8 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 27.9 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | VA | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 30.0 | Category 1 |
| Davie County | NC | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 31.3 | Category 1 |
| Harrisonburg city | VA | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 32.4 | Category 1 |
| Halifax County | VA | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Waynesboro city | VA | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Yadkin County | NC | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 34.5 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | NC | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 34.9 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | WV | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | NC | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 35.5 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 36.2 | Category 1 |
| Appomattox County | VA | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 36.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 37.1 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | FL | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 38.1 | Category 1 |
| Albemarle County | VA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | VA | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | WV | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 40.1 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | SC | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Giles County | VA | 42.0 | Tropical storm |
| Page County | VA | 42.2 | Tropical storm |
| Buckingham County | VA | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 43.4 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 44.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | VA | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Radford city | VA | 45.4 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 45.4 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | VA | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 46.4 | Category 1 |
| Iredell County | NC | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 47.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | VA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 49.0 | Tropical storm |
| York County | SC | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nicholas County | WV | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 52.4 | Category 1 |
| Braxton County | WV | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 54.5 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 55.1 | Category 1 |
| Gaston County | NC | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | VA | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wythe County | VA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlottesville city | VA | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 56.4 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 56.9 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | NC | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | NC | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Catawba County | NC | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grayson County | VA | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 57.8 | Category 1 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 57.9 | Category 1 |
| Summers County | WV | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 58.0 | Category 1 |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fluvanna County | VA | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 60.8 | Category 1 |
| Galax city | VA | 61.2 | Tropical storm |
| Alleghany County | NC | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | WV | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | VA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bland County | VA | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Alexander County | NC | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mercer County | WV | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 65.4 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 65.6 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | VA | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Culpeper County | VA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Louisa County | VA | 67.6 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 68.5 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 69.2 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 69.4 | Category 1 |
| Raleigh County | WV | 70.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 71.5 | Category 1 |
| Vance County | NC | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 72.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | NC | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | WV | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 73.4 | Category 1 |
| Tattnall County | GA | 75.5 | Category 1 |
| Cleveland County | NC | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | SC | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ashe County | NC | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 80.6 | Category 1 |
| Caldwell County | NC | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 81.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | NC | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | WV | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 83.0 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Smyth County | VA | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 83.2 | Category 1 |
| Tazewell County | VA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wyoming County | WV | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 86.3 | Category 1 |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Roane County | WV | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 87.3 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Watauga County | NC | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 90.0 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 90.3 | Category 1 |
| McDowell County | WV | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Kanawha County | WV | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 93.5 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | VA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 97.2 | Category 1 |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | NC | 99.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stafford County | VA | 99.5 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.