Impact and Records
The storm was the first Atlantic subtropical cyclone on record to develop in the month of January. Throughout the entire Atlantic hurricane database, the storm remains the only tropical or subtropical cyclone to form during the month, making January the only month without a tropical cyclone formation. However, two storms that formed in late December persisted into January. In 1954, Hurricane Alice developed in the same region as the subtropical storm, which moved through the Lesser Antilles in early January 1955 as a minimal hurricane. The other storm was Tropical Storm Zeta, which lasted from December 2005 to January 2006 over the open Atlantic Ocean. The NHC did later note, however, that "subtropical cyclones have only been tracked since 1968 (tropical cyclone records go back to 1871) and it is possible some systems that were designated extratropical prior to 1968 could have been subtropical."
Read more about this topic: 1978 January Subtropical Storm
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