1897 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1897

Sep 10, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 13, 6:00 PM UTC (3.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
85 mph (75 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 10, 6:00 PM UTC · 24.4°N 81.9°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
  • Sep 13, 5:00 AM UTC · 29.7°N 93.8°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
Every track point (16)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1897-09-10 06:00TS23.7°N 80.0°W50—
1897-09-10 12:00TS24.0°N 81.0°W55—
1897-09-10 18:00TS24.4°N 81.9°W60—Landfall
1897-09-11 00:00HU24.8°N 82.9°W65—
1897-09-11 06:00HU25.4°N 83.6°W75—
1897-09-11 12:00HU26.0°N 84.6°W75—
1897-09-11 18:00HU26.6°N 85.6°W75—
1897-09-12 00:00HU27.2°N 86.8°W75—
1897-09-12 06:00HU27.8°N 87.9°W75—
1897-09-12 12:00HU28.3°N 89.2°W75—
1897-09-12 18:00HU28.8°N 90.5°W75—
1897-09-13 00:00HU29.3°N 92.2°W75—
1897-09-13 05:00HU29.7°N 93.8°W75—Landfall
1897-09-13 06:00HU29.8°N 94.1°W75—
1897-09-13 12:00TS30.3°N 95.7°W50—
1897-09-13 18:00TS31.2°N 97.5°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.