1979 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Season Effects

Season Effects

This is a table of the storms in 1979 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low.

TD TS C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
1979 North Atlantic tropical cyclone statistics
Storm
name		 Dates active Storm category

at peak intensity

 Max
wind

(mph)

 Min.
press.
(mbar)		 Landfall(s) Damage
(millions
USD)		 Deaths
Where When Wind

(mph)
Early June TD Unknown Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
One June 11 – June 16 Tropical depression 35 Unknown Jamaica June 11 30 27 40
South Carolina June 15 35
Ana June 19 – June 24 Tropical storm 60 1005 Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) June 23 60 none 0
Early July TD Unknown Tropical depression 35 1004 none none 0
Bob July 9 – July 13 Category 1 hurricane 75 986 Dulac, Louisiana July 11 75 20 1
Mid July TD Unknown Tropical depression 35 none none 0
Four July 10 – July 13 Tropical depression 35 1009 none
Claudette July 16 – July 29 Tropical storm 50 1003 Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) July 16 50 400 2
Puerto Rico July 17 35
Dominican Republic July 17 30
Isle of Youth, Cuba July 20 30
Cuba July 20 30
Port Arthur, Texas July 24 60
Late July TD July 20 – July 26 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
Six July 28 – August 6 Tropical depression 35 Unknown Bermuda August 4 35 none 0
Newfoundland August 5 35
David August 25 – September 8 Category 5 hurricane 175 924 Dominica August 29 140 1,540 2,068
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 31 175
Cuba September 1 75
The Bahamas September 3 100
West Palm Beach, Florida September 3 100
Savannah, Georgia September 5 75
Eight August 25 – August 28 Tropical depression 35 1006 northeast Mexico August 28 35 none 0
Late August TD August 29 – September 1 Tropical depression 35 none none 0
Elena August 30 – September 2 Tropical storm 40 1004 Matagorda Bay, Texas September 1 40 10 2
Frederic August 30 – September 15 Category 4 hurricane 135 943 Leeward Islands (Direct hit, no landfall) September 4 60 2,300 5 (9)
Puerto Rico September 5 60
Dominican Republic September 5 60
Eastern Cuba September 6 35
Western Cuba September 10 70
Dauphin Island, Alabama September 13 125
Alabama/Mississippi border September 13 125
Early September TD September 1 – September 6 Tropical depression 35 1008 none none 0
Gloria September 4 – September 15 Category 2 hurricane 100 975 none none 0
Henri September 15 – September 22 Category 1 hurricane 85 983 none Minimal 0
Mid September TD September 19 – September 21 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
Thirteen September 16 – September 20 Tropical depression 35 1008 Texas September 21 35 none 0
Late September TD September 21 – September 24 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
Fourteen October 12 – October 20 Tropical depression 35 1003 Yucatan Peninsula October 20 35 none 0
Late October Atlantic TD October 22 – October 28 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
ST One October 23 – October 25 Subtropical storm 75 980 Newfoundland October 25 45 none 0
Late October Caribbean TD October 24 – October 29 Tropical depression 35 Unknown Nicaragua October 29 35 none 0
Fifteen November 6 – November 10 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
Mid November TD November 13 – November 15 Tropical depression 35 Unknown none none 0
Season Aggregates
27 cyclones June 11 – November 15 175 924 29 landfalls ~4,000 2,118

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