1896 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1896

Aug 30, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 11, 6:00 PM UTC (12.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
956 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 10, 1:00 PM UTC · 41.2°N 70.6°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (52)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1896-08-30 06:00TS14.0°N 59.6°W35—
1896-08-30 12:00TS14.5°N 60.5°W50—
1896-08-30 18:00HU14.9°N 61.4°W65—
1896-08-31 00:00HU15.3°N 62.4°W80—
1896-08-31 06:00HU15.8°N 63.3°W85—
1896-08-31 12:00HU16.3°N 64.2°W85—
1896-08-31 18:00HU16.9°N 65.1°W85—
1896-09-01 00:00HU17.5°N 66.0°W85—
1896-09-01 06:00HU18.1°N 66.9°W85—
1896-09-01 12:00HU18.6°N 67.8°W75—
1896-09-01 18:00HU19.0°N 68.6°W80—
1896-09-02 00:00HU19.3°N 69.2°W85—
1896-09-02 06:00HU19.7°N 69.9°W85—
1896-09-02 12:00HU20.0°N 70.6°W85—
1896-09-02 18:00HU20.3°N 71.4°W85—
1896-09-03 00:00HU20.6°N 72.2°W85—
1896-09-03 06:00HU20.9°N 73.1°W85—
1896-09-03 12:00HU21.2°N 73.9°W85—
1896-09-03 18:00HU21.5°N 74.7°W85—
1896-09-04 00:00HU21.8°N 75.4°W85—
1896-09-04 06:00HU22.2°N 76.2°W85—
1896-09-04 12:00HU22.7°N 76.8°W85—
1896-09-04 18:00HU23.3°N 77.2°W90—
1896-09-05 00:00HU23.9°N 77.3°W95—
1896-09-05 06:00HU24.5°N 77.3°W100—
1896-09-05 12:00HU25.2°N 77.2°W100—
1896-09-05 18:00HU25.9°N 77.0°W100—
1896-09-06 00:00HU26.5°N 76.8°W100—
1896-09-06 06:00HU27.2°N 76.4°W100—
1896-09-06 12:00HU27.8°N 75.8°W100—
1896-09-06 18:00HU28.5°N 75.0°W100—
1896-09-07 00:00HU29.1°N 74.1°W100956
1896-09-07 06:00HU29.8°N 73.2°W100—
1896-09-07 12:00HU30.4°N 72.3°W100—
1896-09-07 18:00HU31.3°N 71.5°W100—
1896-09-08 00:00HU32.4°N 70.7°W100—
1896-09-08 06:00HU33.6°N 70.0°W100—
1896-09-08 12:00HU34.6°N 69.5°W100—
1896-09-08 18:00HU35.4°N 69.2°W100—
1896-09-09 00:00HU36.2°N 69.1°W100—
1896-09-09 06:00HU37.0°N 69.1°W95—
1896-09-09 12:00HU37.8°N 69.1°W90—
1896-09-09 18:00HU38.6°N 69.3°W85—
1896-09-10 00:00HU39.3°N 69.7°W80—
1896-09-10 06:00HU40.0°N 70.2°W75—
1896-09-10 12:00HU41.0°N 70.6°W70—
1896-09-10 13:00HU41.2°N 70.6°W70—Landfall
1896-09-10 18:00TS42.0°N 70.7°W55—
1896-09-11 00:00EX43.0°N 70.5°W50—
1896-09-11 06:00EX43.9°N 70.1°W45—
1896-09-11 12:00EX44.8°N 69.6°W40—
1896-09-11 18:00EX45.7°N 69.0°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.