Season Effects
This is a table of the storms in 1978 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.
| 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) |
||||||||
| One | January 18 - January 23 | Subtropical storm | 45 | 1002 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| June Tropical Depression | June 21 - June 23 | Tropical depression | 30 | 1015 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| July Tropical Depression | July 10 - July 12 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1011 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amelia | July 30 - August 1 | Tropical storm | 50 | 1005 | Corpus Christi, Texas | July 30 | 45 | 20 | 30 | |
| Bess | August 6 - August 8 | Tropical storm | 50 | 1005 | Nautla, Mexico | August 8 | 50 | 60 | 0 (4) | |
| Cora | August 7 - August 12 | Category 1 hurricane | 90 | 980 | Grenada | August 11 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Four | August 7 - August 11 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1008 | Nicaragua | August 11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| August Tropical Depression | August 9 - August 10 | Tropical depression | 30 | 1014 | Louisiana | August 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debra | August 26 - August 29 | Tropical storm | 60 | 1000 | Cameron, Louisiana | August 28 | 60 | Minimal | 2 | |
| Ella | August 30 - September 5 | Category 4 hurricane | 140 | 956 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| August Tropical Depression | August 30 - September 1 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1013 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Flossie | September 4 - September 15 | Category 2 hurricane | 100 | 976 | none | none | 0 | |||
| Eight | September 3 - September 11 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1009 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nine | September 8 - September 10 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1003 | Tamaulipas | September 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greta | September 13 - September 23 | Category 4 hurricane | 135 | 947 | Honduras | September 18 | 135 | 76.2 | 5 | |
| Stann Creek District, Belize | September 19 | 100 | ||||||||
| Hope | September 11 - September 23 | Tropical storm | 65 | 987 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Twelve | September 18 - September 29 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1008 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| September Tropical Depression | September 21 - September 23 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1001 | Veracruz | September 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Irma | October 2 - October 5 | Tropical storm | 50 | 1001 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juliet | October 7 - October 11 | Tropical storm | 50 | 1006 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| October Tropical Depression | October 15 - October 19 | Tropical depression | 35 | 992 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| October Tropical Depression | October 26 - October 29 | Tropical depression | 30 | 1008 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendra | October 28 - November 1 | Category 1 hurricane | 80 | 990 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| November Tropical Depression | November 3 - November 5 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1005 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 12 cyclones | January 18 -November 1 |
135 | 947 | 16 landfalls | 45 | 37 | ||||
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