1861 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1861

Aug 13, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 17, 6:00 PM UTC (4.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (18)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1861-08-13 12:00TS20.5°N 70.0°W40—
1861-08-13 18:00TS21.0°N 71.5°W40—
1861-08-14 00:00TS21.5°N 73.0°W50—
1861-08-14 06:00TS22.0°N 74.5°W60—
1861-08-14 12:00HU22.5°N 76.0°W70—
1861-08-14 18:00HU22.9°N 77.4°W70—
1861-08-15 00:00HU23.2°N 78.7°W80—
1861-08-15 06:00HU23.5°N 79.9°W80—
1861-08-15 12:00HU23.7°N 80.8°W80—
1861-08-15 18:00HU23.9°N 81.5°W80—
1861-08-16 00:00HU24.2°N 82.0°W80—
1861-08-16 06:00HU24.6°N 82.5°W80—
1861-08-16 12:00HU25.0°N 83.0°W70—
1861-08-16 18:00HU25.4°N 83.5°W70—
1861-08-17 00:00TS25.8°N 84.0°W60—
1861-08-17 06:00TS26.2°N 84.5°W60—
1861-08-17 12:00TS26.6°N 85.0°W50—
1861-08-17 18:00TS27.0°N 85.6°W50—

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.