1979 season track map
Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)
Storms: MELI (115kt), KERRY (105kt), GORDON (75kt), ROSA (95kt), FAY (35kt), PETER (60kt), GRETA (55kt), HENRY (50kt), UNNAMED (40kt), LESLIE (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), STAN (40kt)
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 SP07 — KERRY
- 1979 SP08 — ROSA
Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1979
None recorded.