Hurricane and Tropical Cyclones

Hurricane RITA

Storm Activity: 10/17/1978 - 10/30/1978

Tracking Details for Hurricane RITA

Date	Time	Lat	Lon	Wind (mph)	Pressure (mb)	Storm Type
10/17/1978	6:00:00 PM	10.50	175.00	0	1004	Tropical Depression
10/17/1978	9:00:00 PM	10.49	174.82	0	1002	Tropical Depression
10/18/1978	12:00:00 AM	10.50	174.50	46	1000	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	3:00:00 AM	10.54	173.95	43	1000	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	6:00:00 AM	10.60	173.30	40	1000	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	9:00:00 AM	10.63	172.74	40	1000	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	12:00:00 PM	10.70	172.20	40	1000	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	3:00:00 PM	10.86	171.65	40	999	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	6:00:00 PM	11.00	171.10	40	998	Tropical Storm
10/18/1978	9:00:00 PM	11.01	170.56	48	997	Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	12:00:00 AM	11.00	170.00	58	996	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	3:00:00 AM	11.09	169.43	58	996	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	6:00:00 AM	11.20	168.80	58	996	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	9:00:00 AM	11.25	168.07	58	995	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	12:00:00 PM	11.30	167.30	58	994	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	3:00:00 PM	11.39	166.55	58	984	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	6:00:00 PM	11.50	165.80	58	975	Severe Tropical Storm
10/19/1978	9:00:00 PM	11.61	165.06	69	967	Severe Tropical Storm
10/20/1978	12:00:00 AM	11.70	164.30	81	960	Typhoon
10/20/1978	3:00:00 AM	11.71	163.52	81	962	Typhoon
10/20/1978	6:00:00 AM	11.70	162.70	81	965	Typhoon
10/20/1978	9:00:00 AM	11.71	161.84	81	962	Typhoon
10/20/1978	12:00:00 PM	11.70	161.00	81	960	Typhoon
10/20/1978	3:00:00 PM	11.61	160.22	81	955	Typhoon
10/20/1978	6:00:00 PM	11.50	159.50	81	950	Typhoon
10/20/1978	9:00:00 PM	11.43	158.84	89	942	Typhoon
10/21/1978	12:00:00 AM	11.40	158.20	98	935	Typhoon
10/21/1978	3:00:00 AM	11.40	157.49	100	935	Typhoon
10/21/1978	6:00:00 AM	11.40	156.80	104	935	Typhoon
10/21/1978	9:00:00 AM	11.36	156.23	104	935	Typhoon
10/21/1978	12:00:00 PM	11.30	155.70	104	935	Typhoon
10/21/1978	3:00:00 PM	11.23	155.15	104	932	Typhoon
10/21/1978	6:00:00 PM	11.20	154.60	104	930	Typhoon
10/21/1978	9:00:00 PM	11.23	154.06	104	922	Typhoon
10/22/1978	12:00:00 AM	11.30	153.50	104	915	Typhoon
10/22/1978	3:00:00 AM	11.34	152.89	109	912	Typhoon
10/22/1978	6:00:00 AM	11.40	152.30	115	910	Typhoon
10/22/1978	9:00:00 AM	11.50	151.82	115	907	Typhoon
10/22/1978	12:00:00 PM	11.60	151.30	115	905	Typhoon
10/22/1978	3:00:00 PM	11.67	150.63	121	900	Typhoon
10/22/1978	6:00:00 PM	11.70	149.90	127	895	Typhoon
10/22/1978	9:00:00 PM	11.70	149.20	127	890	Typhoon
10/23/1978	12:00:00 AM	11.70	148.50	127	885	Typhoon
10/23/1978	3:00:00 AM	11.73	147.81	127	885	Typhoon
10/23/1978	6:00:00 AM	11.80	147.10	127	885	Typhoon
10/23/1978	9:00:00 AM	11.91	146.40	132	885	Typhoon
10/23/1978	12:00:00 PM	12.00	145.60	138	885	Typhoon
10/23/1978	3:00:00 PM	12.02	144.62	132	890	Typhoon
10/23/1978	6:00:00 PM	12.00	143.60	127	895	Typhoon
10/23/1978	9:00:00 PM	11.98	142.69	127	897	Typhoon
10/24/1978	12:00:00 AM	12.00	141.80	127	900	Typhoon
10/24/1978	3:00:00 AM	12.14	140.87	127	900	Typhoon
10/24/1978	6:00:00 AM	12.30	139.90	127	900	Typhoon
10/24/1978	9:00:00 AM	12.35	138.90	127	897	Typhoon
10/24/1978	12:00:00 PM	12.40	137.80	127	895	Typhoon
10/24/1978	3:00:00 PM	12.55	136.56	127	892	Typhoon
10/24/1978	6:00:00 PM	12.70	135.30	127	890	Typhoon
10/24/1978	9:00:00 PM	12.77	134.17	132	887	Typhoon
10/25/1978	12:00:00 AM	12.80	133.10	138	885	Typhoon
10/25/1978	3:00:00 AM	12.77	132.04	138	882	Typhoon
10/25/1978	6:00:00 AM	12.80	131.00	138	880	Typhoon
10/25/1978	9:00:00 AM	13.01	129.94	138	882	Typhoon
10/25/1978	12:00:00 PM	13.30	128.90	138	885	Typhoon
10/25/1978	3:00:00 PM	13.57	127.93	132	887	Typhoon
10/25/1978	6:00:00 PM	13.80	127.00	127	890	Typhoon
10/25/1978	9:00:00 PM	13.91	126.07	127	892	Typhoon
10/26/1978	12:00:00 AM	14.00	125.20	127	895	Typhoon
10/26/1978	3:00:00 AM	14.13	124.40	127	897	Typhoon
10/26/1978	6:00:00 AM	14.30	123.70	127	900	Typhoon
10/26/1978	9:00:00 AM	14.48	123.16	127	902	Typhoon
10/26/1978	12:00:00 PM	14.70	122.60	127	905	Typhoon
10/26/1978	3:00:00 PM	14.97	121.81	121	925	Typhoon
10/26/1978	6:00:00 PM	15.30	121.00	115	945	Typhoon
10/26/1978	9:00:00 PM	15.70	120.40	106	960	Typhoon
10/27/1978	12:00:00 AM	16.10	119.80	98	975	Typhoon
10/27/1978	3:00:00 AM	16.45	118.97	94	977	Typhoon
10/27/1978	6:00:00 AM	16.70	118.20	92	980	Typhoon
10/27/1978	9:00:00 AM	16.83	117.76	86	982	Typhoon
10/27/1978	12:00:00 PM	16.90	117.40	81	985	Typhoon
10/27/1978	3:00:00 PM	17.03	116.91	71	987	Typhoon
10/27/1978	6:00:00 PM	17.10	116.40	63	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/27/1978	9:00:00 PM	17.04	115.91	63	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	12:00:00 AM	16.90	115.50	63	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	3:00:00 AM	16.77	115.26	60	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	6:00:00 AM	16.60	115.10	58	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	9:00:00 AM	16.35	114.96	58	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	12:00:00 PM	16.10	114.80	58	990	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	3:00:00 PM	15.95	114.55	54	991	Severe Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	6:00:00 PM	15.80	114.30	52	992	Tropical Storm
10/28/1978	9:00:00 PM	15.57	114.19	48	992	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	12:00:00 AM	15.30	114.00	46	992	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	3:00:00 AM	15.02	113.55	46	993	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	6:00:00 AM	14.70	113.00	46	994	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	9:00:00 AM	14.38	112.50	43	995	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	12:00:00 PM	14.00	112.00	40	996	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	3:00:00 PM	13.52	111.50	0	998	Tropical Storm
10/29/1978	6:00:00 PM	13.00	111.00	0	1000	Tropical Depression
10/29/1978	9:00:00 PM	12.42	110.54	0	1004	Tropical Depression
10/30/1978	12:00:00 AM	12.00	110.00	0	1008	Tropical Depression
10/30/1978	3:00:00 AM	11.90	109.30	0	1008	Tropical Depression
10/30/1978	6:00:00 AM	12.00	108.50	0	1008	Tropical Depression

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