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1979 season track map

Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)

Storms: CELINE (125kt), ANGELE (110kt), BENJAMINE (110kt), HAZEL (105kt), IDYLLE (105kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (55kt), DORA (45kt), ESTELLE (55kt), ROSA (53kt), FATOU (45kt), GELIE (45kt), IVAN (60kt), HELIOS (40kt), JANE (50kt), UNNAMED (50kt), KEVIN (50kt)

Hurricane-strength landfalls, 1979

Attributed to whichever basin a storm was actually crossing at the moment of landfall, matching the H/MH Landfalls columns above — that can differ from a storm's genesis basin shown elsewhere on this site.

  • 1979 SI02 — ANGELE
  • 1979 SI10 — HAZELMH

Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1979

  • 1979 SI10 — HAZEL