Storm history › East Pacific › 1978 season
Hurricane Fico (1978)
Fico was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1978 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 9, 1978 to July 28, 1978, about 20 days, and covered 5,416 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 140 mph (220 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 140 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 4 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 20 days
- Track length
- 5,416 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 62.8
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 98th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Erick (2025), Hurricane Hilary (2023), Hurricane Lidia (2023) and 33 more.
- Energy: 25% of the 1978 East Pacific season's ACE.