1888 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1888

Jun 16, 12:00 AM UTC – Jun 18, 6:00 PM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Jun 17, 6:00 AM UTC · 28.7°N 95.7°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1888-06-16 00:00TS27.5°N 93.2°W35—
1888-06-16 06:00TS27.7°N 93.7°W45—
1888-06-16 12:00TS28.0°N 94.3°W55—
1888-06-16 18:00HU28.2°N 94.8°W65—
1888-06-17 00:00HU28.4°N 95.3°W70—
1888-06-17 06:00HU28.7°N 95.7°W70—Landfall
1888-06-17 12:00TS29.0°N 96.0°W50—
1888-06-17 18:00TS29.4°N 96.3°W40—
1888-06-18 00:00TS29.9°N 96.5°W35—
1888-06-18 06:00TD30.4°N 96.7°W30—
1888-06-18 12:00TD31.0°N 96.8°W30—
1888-06-18 18:00TD31.3°N 96.6°W25—

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.