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1979 season track map

Category 5 (≥137kt)Intense hurricane/typhoon (≥113kt)Major hurricane/typhoon (≥96kt)Hurricane/typhoon (≥64kt)Named storm (≥34kt)Tropical depression (<34kt)Post-tropical / disturbance

Storms: TIP (165kt), VERA (140kt), DAVID (150kt), CELINE (125kt), MELI (115kt), HOPE (130kt), JUDY (135kt), FREDERIC (115kt), ENRIQUE (125kt), IGNACIO (125kt), ANGELE (110kt), ALICE (110kt), BENJAMINE (110kt), KERRY (105kt), HAZEL (105kt), IDYLLE (105kt), OWEN (110kt), SARAH (110kt), ABBY (110kt), DOLORES (105kt), FEFA (100kt), GORDON (75kt), ROSA (95kt), BESS (90kt), CECIL (80kt), ELLIS (85kt), IRVING (90kt), LOLA (90kt), MAC (70kt), BOB (65kt), GLORIA (85kt), HENRI (75kt), UNNAMED (65kt), ANDRES (85kt), GUILLERMO (65kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (55kt), FAY (35kt), PETER (60kt), GRETA (55kt), HENRY (50kt), UNNAMED (40kt), DORA (45kt), ESTELLE (55kt), FATOU (45kt), LESLIE (40kt), GELIE (45kt), IVAN (60kt), HELIOS (40kt), UNNAMED (35kt), STAN (40kt), JANE (50kt), UNNAMED (50kt), KEVIN (50kt), DOT (40kt), FAYE (40kt), GORDON (60kt), KEN (60kt), NANCY (45kt), PAMELA (45kt), ROGER (45kt), WAYNE (50kt), BEN (60kt), ANA (50kt), CLAUDETTE (45kt), ELENA (35kt), BLANCA (45kt), CARLOS (45kt), HILDA (40kt), JIMENA (55kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (20kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (20kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (30kt), UNNAMED (85kt), UNNAMED (50kt), UNNAMED (55kt), UNNAMED (25kt), UNNAMED (35kt), UNNAMED (40kt), UNNAMED (30kt)

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 AL04 — BOB
  • 1979 AL09 — DAVIDMH
  • 1979 AL11 — FREDERICMH
  • 1979 EP01 — ANDRES
  • 1979 SI02 — ANGELE
  • 1979 SI10 — HAZELMH
  • 1979 SP07 — KERRY
  • 1979 SP08 — ROSA
  • 1979 WP03 — CECIL
  • 1979 WP07 — ELLIS
  • 1979 WP09 — HOPEMH
  • 1979 WP12 — IRVING
  • 1979 WP13 — JUDY
  • 1979 WP19 — OWEN
  • 1979 WP21 — SARAH
  • 1979 WP23 — TIP
  • 1979 WP24 — VERAMH

Major-hurricane-strength landfalls, 1979

  • 1979 AL09 — DAVID
  • 1979 AL11 — FREDERIC
  • 1979 SI10 — HAZEL
  • 1979 WP09 — HOPE
  • 1979 WP24 — VERA