1872 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1872

Aug 20, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 2, 6:00 PM UTC (13.8 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 (56)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1872-08-20 00:00TS14.3°N 29.7°W40—
1872-08-20 06:00TS14.4°N 30.4°W40—
1872-08-20 12:00TS14.5°N 31.0°W40—
1872-08-20 18:00TS14.7°N 32.0°W40—
1872-08-21 00:00TS15.0°N 33.4°W40—
1872-08-21 06:00TS15.3°N 34.8°W40—
1872-08-21 12:00TS15.4°N 35.8°W40—
1872-08-21 18:00TS15.6°N 36.8°W40—
1872-08-22 00:00TS15.9°N 37.8°W50—
1872-08-22 06:00TS16.1°N 38.9°W50—
1872-08-22 12:00TS16.2°N 40.2°W50—
1872-08-22 18:00TS16.5°N 41.4°W50—
1872-08-23 00:00TS16.7°N 42.2°W60—
1872-08-23 06:00TS17.0°N 43.5°W60—
1872-08-23 12:00TS17.2°N 44.7°W60—
1872-08-23 18:00TS17.7°N 45.5°W60—
1872-08-24 00:00HU18.1°N 46.7°W70—
1872-08-24 06:00HU18.5°N 47.7°W70—
1872-08-24 12:00HU19.0°N 48.9°W70—
1872-08-24 18:00HU19.4°N 49.8°W70—
1872-08-25 00:00HU19.7°N 50.5°W70—
1872-08-25 06:00HU20.0°N 51.4°W70—
1872-08-25 12:00HU20.5°N 52.5°W70—
1872-08-25 18:00HU20.9°N 53.3°W70—
1872-08-26 00:00HU21.2°N 54.2°W70—
1872-08-26 06:00HU21.6°N 54.9°W70—
1872-08-26 12:00HU22.0°N 55.7°W70—
1872-08-26 18:00HU22.2°N 56.2°W70—
1872-08-27 00:00HU22.7°N 56.9°W70—
1872-08-27 06:00HU23.1°N 57.6°W70—
1872-08-27 12:00HU23.7°N 58.4°W70—
1872-08-27 18:00HU24.0°N 58.9°W70—
1872-08-28 00:00HU24.5°N 59.4°W80—
1872-08-28 06:00HU25.0°N 60.0°W80—
1872-08-28 12:00HU25.8°N 60.8°W80—
1872-08-28 18:00HU26.8°N 61.4°W80—
1872-08-29 00:00HU27.9°N 61.8°W90—
1872-08-29 06:00HU28.9°N 62.0°W90—
1872-08-29 12:00HU30.0°N 62.2°W90—
1872-08-29 18:00HU30.9°N 62.2°W90—
1872-08-30 00:00HU31.9°N 62.3°W90—
1872-08-30 06:00HU33.0°N 62.2°W90—
1872-08-30 12:00HU34.5°N 62.0°W90—
1872-08-30 18:00HU35.7°N 61.9°W90—
1872-08-31 00:00HU37.0°N 61.7°W90—
1872-08-31 06:00HU38.3°N 61.2°W90—
1872-08-31 12:00HU39.5°N 60.5°W80—
1872-08-31 18:00HU40.5°N 59.4°W80—
1872-09-01 00:00HU41.9°N 57.7°W80—
1872-09-01 06:00HU43.0°N 56.5°W80—
1872-09-01 12:00HU44.2°N 55.9°W70—
1872-09-01 18:00HU44.9°N 56.2°W70—
1872-09-02 00:00EX45.4°N 56.8°W70—
1872-09-02 06:00EX45.7°N 57.6°W70—
1872-09-02 12:00EX46.5°N 58.5°W60—
1872-09-02 18:00EX47.5°N 59.6°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.