1896 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1896

Jul 4, 12:00 PM UTC – Jul 12, 12:00 PM UTC (8.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Jul 7, 5:00 PM UTC · 30.4°N 86.5°W · Hurricane · 100 mph
Every track point (34)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1896-07-04 12:00TS20.9°N 81.1°W35—
1896-07-04 18:00TS21.8°N 82.0°W40—
1896-07-05 00:00TS22.6°N 82.8°W45—
1896-07-05 06:00TS23.4°N 83.6°W45—
1896-07-05 12:00TS24.2°N 84.2°W55—
1896-07-05 18:00HU24.9°N 84.7°W65—
1896-07-06 00:00HU25.6°N 85.2°W75—
1896-07-06 06:00HU26.3°N 85.6°W85—
1896-07-06 12:00HU27.0°N 86.0°W85—
1896-07-06 18:00HU27.7°N 86.2°W85—
1896-07-07 00:00HU28.4°N 86.5°W85—
1896-07-07 06:00HU29.0°N 86.6°W85—
1896-07-07 12:00HU29.7°N 86.7°W85—
1896-07-07 17:00HU30.4°N 86.5°W85—Landfall
1896-07-07 18:00HU30.5°N 86.4°W85—
1896-07-08 00:00TS31.6°N 85.3°W60—
1896-07-08 06:00TS32.4°N 84.3°W45—
1896-07-08 12:00TS33.3°N 83.5°W35—
1896-07-08 18:00TD34.5°N 82.9°W30—
1896-07-09 00:00TD36.4°N 83.2°W30—
1896-07-09 06:00TD38.5°N 84.0°W30—
1896-07-09 12:00TD40.6°N 84.0°W25—
1896-07-09 18:00TD42.1°N 83.8°W25—
1896-07-10 00:00TD43.6°N 83.5°W25—
1896-07-10 06:00TD45.1°N 83.3°W25—
1896-07-10 12:00TD46.7°N 83.0°W25—
1896-07-10 18:00TD48.3°N 82.2°W25—
1896-07-11 00:00TD50.0°N 80.8°W25—
1896-07-11 06:00TD51.7°N 78.8°W25—
1896-07-11 12:00TD53.5°N 76.5°W25—
1896-07-11 18:00TD55.3°N 74.1°W25—
1896-07-12 00:00TD57.1°N 71.3°W25—
1896-07-12 06:00TD58.9°N 68.3°W25—
1896-07-12 12:00TD60.8°N 64.9°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.