1866 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1866

Jul 11, 12:00 PM UTC – Jul 16, 12:00 AM UTC (4.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Jul 15, 12:00 PM UTC · 28.5°N 96.5°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
Every track point (19)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1866-07-11 12:00HU28.0°N 87.3°W90—
1866-07-11 18:00HU28.0°N 87.8°W90—
1866-07-12 00:00HU28.0°N 88.3°W90—
1866-07-12 06:00HU28.0°N 88.8°W90—
1866-07-12 12:00HU28.1°N 89.3°W90—
1866-07-12 18:00HU28.1°N 89.9°W90—
1866-07-13 00:00HU28.1°N 90.5°W90—
1866-07-13 06:00HU28.1°N 91.1°W90—
1866-07-13 12:00HU28.2°N 91.7°W90—
1866-07-13 18:00HU28.2°N 92.3°W90—
1866-07-14 00:00HU28.2°N 92.9°W90—
1866-07-14 06:00HU28.2°N 93.5°W90—
1866-07-14 12:00HU28.3°N 94.1°W90—
1866-07-14 18:00HU28.3°N 94.7°W90—
1866-07-15 00:00HU28.4°N 95.3°W90—
1866-07-15 06:00HU28.5°N 95.9°W90—
1866-07-15 12:00HU28.5°N 96.5°W90—Landfall
1866-07-15 18:00TS28.6°N 97.1°W60—
1866-07-16 00:00TS28.6°N 97.7°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.