Storm history › Atlantic › 1978 season
Hurricane Flossie (1978)
Flossie was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1978 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 4, 1978 to September 16, 1978, about 12 days, and covered 5,040 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 976 mb.
- Peak wind
- 100 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 976 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 12 days
- Track length
- 5,040 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 11.7
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 515th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Ernesto (2024), Hurricane Nigel (2023), Hurricane Arthur (2014) and 25 more.
- Lowest pressure: 459th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Jerry (2019), Hurricane Philippe (2011), Hurricane Otto (2010) and 5 more.
- Energy: 18% of the 1978 Atlantic season's ACE.