1898 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1898

Aug 2, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 3, 6:00 PM UTC (1.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 2, 3:00 AM UTC · 27.1°N 80.1°W · Tropical Storm · 40 mph
  • Aug 2, 11:00 PM UTC · 29.7°N 84.8°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (10)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1898-08-02 00:00TS26.8°N 79.2°W35—
1898-08-02 03:00TS27.1°N 80.1°W35—Landfall
1898-08-02 06:00TD27.4°N 81.0°W30—
1898-08-02 12:00TS28.0°N 82.6°W35—
1898-08-02 18:00TS28.9°N 83.8°W55—
1898-08-02 23:00HU29.7°N 84.8°W70—Landfall
1898-08-03 00:00HU29.8°N 84.9°W70—
1898-08-03 06:00TS30.6°N 86.1°W50—
1898-08-03 12:00TS31.5°N 87.2°W35—
1898-08-03 18:00TD32.0°N 88.2°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.