1868 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL02 1868

Oct 1, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 7, 6:00 PM UTC (6.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 4, 4:00 PM UTC · 29.9°N 85.4°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
Every track point (29)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1868-10-01 00:00TS25.2°N 94.6°W40—
1868-10-01 06:00TS25.7°N 94.4°W40—
1868-10-01 12:00TS26.1°N 94.1°W40—
1868-10-01 18:00TS26.4°N 93.8°W40—
1868-10-02 00:00TS26.7°N 93.5°W50—
1868-10-02 06:00TS26.9°N 93.3°W50—
1868-10-02 12:00TS27.1°N 93.0°W60—
1868-10-02 18:00TS27.5°N 92.6°W60—
1868-10-03 00:00TS27.8°N 92.1°W60—
1868-10-03 06:00TS28.0°N 91.6°W60—
1868-10-03 12:00TS28.2°N 91.0°W60—
1868-10-03 18:00TS28.6°N 90.4°W60—
1868-10-04 00:00TS28.9°N 89.4°W60—
1868-10-04 06:00TS29.2°N 88.3°W60—
1868-10-04 12:00TS29.5°N 87.0°W60—
1868-10-04 16:00TS29.9°N 85.4°W60—Landfall
1868-10-04 18:00TS30.2°N 84.6°W50—
1868-10-05 00:00TS31.0°N 82.3°W40—
1868-10-05 06:00TS32.2°N 79.6°W40—
1868-10-05 12:00TS33.3°N 77.6°W50—
1868-10-05 18:00TS34.9°N 74.9°W50—
1868-10-06 00:00TS36.5°N 72.3°W60—
1868-10-06 06:00TS38.0°N 70.1°W60—
1868-10-06 12:00EX39.5°N 67.8°W60—
1868-10-06 18:00EX40.8°N 65.3°W60—
1868-10-07 00:00EX42.3°N 62.4°W60—
1868-10-07 06:00EX43.3°N 59.8°W60—
1868-10-07 12:00EX44.0°N 57.5°W70—
1868-10-07 18:00EX44.5°N 55.5°W70—

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.