1872 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL01 1872

Jul 9, 12:00 AM UTC – Jul 13, 6:00 PM UTC (4.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Jul 11, 5:00 AM UTC · 29.1°N 89.1°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
  • Jul 11, 8:00 AM UTC · 30.2°N 89.0°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (22)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1872-07-09 00:00TS23.5°N 92.0°W40—
1872-07-09 06:00TS24.1°N 91.8°W40—
1872-07-09 12:00TS24.6°N 91.6°W40—
1872-07-09 18:00TS25.1°N 91.2°W40—
1872-07-10 00:00TS25.7°N 90.8°W50—
1872-07-10 06:00TS26.3°N 90.4°W50—
1872-07-10 12:00TS27.0°N 90.0°W50—
1872-07-10 18:00TS27.7°N 89.6°W50—
1872-07-11 00:00TS28.4°N 89.3°W50—
1872-07-11 05:00TS29.1°N 89.1°W50—Landfall
1872-07-11 06:00TS29.2°N 89.1°W50—
1872-07-11 08:00TS30.2°N 89.0°W50—Landfall
1872-07-11 12:00TS30.0°N 89.0°W50—
1872-07-11 18:00TS30.5°N 89.0°W50—
1872-07-12 00:00TS30.9°N 89.0°W40—
1872-07-12 06:00TS31.3°N 89.1°W40—
1872-07-12 12:00TS31.6°N 89.3°W40—
1872-07-12 18:00TS32.0°N 89.5°W40—
1872-07-13 00:00TD32.5°N 89.5°W30—
1872-07-13 06:00TD33.0°N 89.4°W30—
1872-07-13 12:00TD33.5°N 89.0°W30—
1872-07-13 18:00TD34.2°N 88.5°W30—

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.