Season Effects
This is a table of the storms in 1979 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.
| TD | TS | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 |
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category
at peak intensity |
Max wind (mph) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Landfall(s) | Damage (millions USD) |
Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | When | Wind
(mph) |
||||||||
| Early June TD | Unknown | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| One | June 11 – June 16 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | Jamaica | June 11 | 30 | 27 | 40 | |
| South Carolina | June 15 | 35 | ||||||||
| Ana | June 19 – June 24 | Tropical storm | 60 | 1005 | Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) | June 23 | 60 | none | 0 | |
| Early July TD | Unknown | Tropical depression | 35 | 1004 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Bob | July 9 – July 13 | Category 1 hurricane | 75 | 986 | Dulac, Louisiana | July 11 | 75 | 20 | 1 | |
| Mid July TD | Unknown | Tropical depression | 35 | none | none | 0 | ||||
| Four | July 10 – July 13 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1009 | none | |||||
| Claudette | July 16 – July 29 | Tropical storm | 50 | 1003 | Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) | July 16 | 50 | 400 | 2 | |
| Puerto Rico | July 17 | 35 | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic | July 17 | 30 | ||||||||
| Isle of Youth, Cuba | July 20 | 30 | ||||||||
| Cuba | July 20 | 30 | ||||||||
| Port Arthur, Texas | July 24 | 60 | ||||||||
| Late July TD | July 20 – July 26 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| Six | July 28 – August 6 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | Bermuda | August 4 | 35 | none | 0 | |
| Newfoundland | August 5 | 35 | ||||||||
| David | August 25 – September 8 | Category 5 hurricane | 175 | 924 | Dominica | August 29 | 140 | 1,540 | 2,068 | |
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 31 | 175 | ||||||||
| Cuba | September 1 | 75 | ||||||||
| The Bahamas | September 3 | 100 | ||||||||
| West Palm Beach, Florida | September 3 | 100 | ||||||||
| Savannah, Georgia | September 5 | 75 | ||||||||
| Eight | August 25 – August 28 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1006 | northeast Mexico | August 28 | 35 | none | 0 | |
| Late August TD | August 29 – September 1 | Tropical depression | 35 | none | none | 0 | ||||
| Elena | August 30 – September 2 | Tropical storm | 40 | 1004 | Matagorda Bay, Texas | September 1 | 40 | 10 | 2 | |
| Frederic | August 30 – September 15 | Category 4 hurricane | 135 | 943 | Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) | September 4 | 60 | 2,300 | 5 (9) | |
| Puerto Rico | September 5 | 60 | ||||||||
| Dominican Republic | September 5 | 60 | ||||||||
| Eastern Cuba | September 6 | 35 | ||||||||
| Western Cuba | September 10 | 70 | ||||||||
| Dauphin Island, Alabama | September 13 | 125 | ||||||||
| Alabama/Mississippi border | September 13 | 125 | ||||||||
| Early September TD | September 1 – September 6 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1008 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Gloria | September 4 – September 15 | Category 2 hurricane | 100 | 975 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Henri | September 15 – September 22 | Category 1 hurricane | 85 | 983 | none | Minimal | 0 | |||
| Mid September TD | September 19 – September 21 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| Thirteen | September 16 – September 20 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1008 | Texas | September 21 | 35 | none | 0 | |
| Late September TD | September 21 – September 24 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| Fourteen | October 12 – October 20 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1003 | Yucatan Peninsula | October 20 | 35 | none | 0 | |
| Late October Atlantic TD | October 22 – October 28 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| ST One | October 23 – October 25 | Subtropical storm | 75 | 980 | Newfoundland | October 25 | 45 | none | 0 | |
| Late October Caribbean TD | October 24 – October 29 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | Nicaragua | October 29 | 35 | none | 0 | |
| Fifteen | November 6 – November 10 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| Mid November TD | November 13 – November 15 | Tropical depression | 35 | Unknown | none | none | 0 | |||
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 27 cyclones | June 11 – November 15 | 175 | 924 | 29 landfalls | ~4,000 | 2,118 | ||||
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