1859 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1859

Aug 17, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 19, 6:00 PM UTC (2.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1859-08-17 00:00HU38.5°N 67.0°W90—
1859-08-17 06:00HU39.5°N 66.0°W90—
1859-08-17 12:00HU40.2°N 65.0°W90—
1859-08-17 18:00HU40.7°N 64.0°W90—
1859-08-18 00:00HU41.0°N 62.9°W90—
1859-08-18 06:00HU41.4°N 61.6°W90—
1859-08-18 12:00HU41.7°N 60.2°W90—
1859-08-18 18:00HU41.8°N 59.0°W90—
1859-08-19 00:00HU41.9°N 58.0°W90—
1859-08-19 06:00HU42.0°N 57.3°W90—
1859-08-19 12:00HU42.0°N 56.8°W90—
1859-08-19 18:00HU42.0°N 56.5°W90—

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.