Storm history › East Pacific › 1978 season
Hurricane Gilma (1978)
Gilma was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1978 East Pacific season. It was tracked from July 13, 1978 to July 20, 1978, about 7 days, and covered 2,181 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,181 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 12.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 241st highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Priscilla (2025), Hurricane Eugene (2017), Hurricane Otis (2017) and 35 more.
- Energy: 5% of the 1978 East Pacific season's ACE.