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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: 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.