1856 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1856

Aug 9, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 12, 6:00 AM UTC (3.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
150 mph (130 kt)
Lowest pressure
934 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 10, 6:00 PM UTC · 29.2°N 91.1°W · Hurricane · 150 mph · 934 mb
Every track point (14)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1856-08-09 00:00HU25.0°N 83.9°W70—
1856-08-09 06:00HU25.7°N 85.1°W80—
1856-08-09 12:00HU26.3°N 86.5°W90—
1856-08-09 18:00HU27.0°N 87.8°W100—
1856-08-10 00:00HU27.7°N 89.1°W110—
1856-08-10 06:00HU28.2°N 89.8°W120—
1856-08-10 12:00HU28.7°N 90.5°W130—
1856-08-10 18:00HU29.2°N 91.1°W130934Landfall
1856-08-11 00:00HU29.7°N 91.6°W110—
1856-08-11 06:00HU30.0°N 91.8°W80—
1856-08-11 12:00TS30.3°N 91.9°W60—
1856-08-11 18:00TS30.6°N 91.8°W50—
1856-08-12 00:00TS30.9°N 91.6°W40—
1856-08-12 06:00TS31.3°N 91.0°W40—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.