Talk:1878 Atlantic hurricane season/GA1

GA review

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Nominator: 12george1 (talk · contribs) 04:55, 1 March 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: Hurricanehink (talk · contribs) 18:29, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

I figured I should review the article since it's been unreviewed for so long.

• I suggest the second lead paragraph either talk about Atlantic hurricane reanalysis, or link it to the part where you mention the potential undercount, since I'm assuming the message is that the number of storms was a bit of a mystery, and this part of the lead is setting up the documentation.

• Wikilinked Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project by slightly rewording the second sentence of the second paragraph--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "All three known cyclones in August intensified into hurricanes and impacted land, but are not known to have caused any deaths." - I always say that there's no need to say when things don't happen, so I don't think you need to draw attention to there being no known deaths, especially after a paragraph talking about the documentation history of the season.

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Later that month, the eleventh cyclone, the Gale of 1878," - should Gale of 1878 be italicized as it's a name, in addition to being linked? Genuinely not sure, so doesn't matter if you don't do it.

• I'm not sure either, but I've seen places where storms like the 1900 Galveston and 1928 Okeechobee hurricanes aren't italicized--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "With the seventh cyclone existing until at least October 8 and four additional hurricanes forming later that month,[3] this was the most active October on record in terms of number of hurricanes, tied with 1870, 1950, and 2010" - worth adding to lead?

• Done--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• " It is only calculated at six-hour increments in which specific tropical and subtropical systems are either at or above sustained wind speeds of 39 mph (63 km/h), which is the threshold for tropical storm intensity." - is the "subtropical" portion needed here?

• Removed--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• The first two sentences of TS1's section mentions Florida four times. Could you cut down on the pro-Florida bias?

• Done--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "The storm likely briefly weakened to a tropical depression over Florida but emerged into the Atlantic Ocean late on July 2 quickly and regained tropical storm status early on July 3, but was last noted several hours later." - should be two sentences two avoid the two "but"s

• Fixed--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "With Guadeloupe reporting squalls and falling atmospheric pressures on August 8,[7] the official track begins just east of the Martinique that day." - should mention "tropical storm/cyclone" somewhere in here

• Done--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "Due to ships in the vicinity of the Bahamas reporting severe gales and a barometric pressure as low as 1,002 mbar (29.6 inHg),[25] HURDAT initiated the track just south of New Providence on August 25." - same as above

• Done--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "The Keowee Courier noted that "Dispatches from various points in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and as far north as Canada, give accounts of destructive gales ... causing extensive damage to railroads, canals, and other property, and in some instances loss of life." - can you rewrite this to avoid such a big quote, and just say what happened?

• Done--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

• "The National Weather Service noted "a great many ships were damaged or lost in the storm all along the coast" of North Carolina,[49] which led to four deaths and at least $200,000 in damage after the steamer City of Houston was lost." - since the sentence is so lost, could you avoid the quote and make this a bit simpler?

• Done--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

The article is in great shape for being such an old topic. Hopefully the comments are easy. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:29, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the review!--12george1 (talk) 19:09, 6 January 2026 (UTC)