Storm history › East Pacific › 1978 season
Hurricane Miriam (1978)
Miriam was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1978 East Pacific season. It was tracked from August 23, 1978 to September 2, 1978, about 9 days, and covered 3,771 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 90 mph (150 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 90 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 1 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 9 days
- Track length
- 3,771 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 5.2
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 374th highest of 1,371 East Pacific storms on record, tied with Hurricane Octave (2025), Hurricane Carlotta (2024), Hurricane Frank (2022) and 29 more.
- Energy: 2% of the 1978 East Pacific season's ACE.