1869 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1869

Aug 16, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 17, 6:00 PM UTC (1.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 17, 7:00 AM UTC · 28.1°N 96.8°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
Every track point (9)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1869-08-16 00:00HU27.0°N 91.6°W90—
1869-08-16 06:00HU27.2°N 92.6°W90—
1869-08-16 12:00HU27.4°N 93.6°W90—
1869-08-16 18:00HU27.7°N 94.6°W90—
1869-08-17 00:00HU27.9°N 95.6°W90—
1869-08-17 06:00HU28.1°N 96.6°W90—
1869-08-17 07:00HU28.1°N 96.8°W90—Landfall
1869-08-17 12:00TS28.2°N 97.6°W60—
1869-08-17 18:00TS28.3°N 98.8°W40—

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.