1881 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL01 1881

Aug 1, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 4, 6:00 AM UTC (3.3 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 3, 1:00 PM UTC · 30.2°N 88.3°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (15)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1881-08-01 00:00TS23.0°N 85.5°W40—
1881-08-01 06:00TS23.5°N 85.8°W40—
1881-08-01 12:00TS24.0°N 86.0°W40—
1881-08-01 18:00TS24.6°N 86.3°W40—
1881-08-02 00:00TS25.2°N 86.6°W40—
1881-08-02 06:00TS26.1°N 86.8°W40—
1881-08-02 12:00TS27.0°N 87.0°W40—
1881-08-02 18:00TS27.7°N 87.4°W40—
1881-08-03 00:00TS28.5°N 87.8°W50—
1881-08-03 06:00TS29.3°N 88.1°W50—
1881-08-03 12:00TS30.1°N 88.3°W50—
1881-08-03 13:00TS30.2°N 88.3°W50—Landfall
1881-08-03 18:00TS30.9°N 88.4°W40—
1881-08-04 00:00TD31.5°N 88.6°W30—
1881-08-04 06:00TD32.0°N 88.8°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.