1898 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1898

Aug 30, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 1, 6:00 PM UTC (2.5 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 31, 7:00 AM UTC · 32.1°N 80.8°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1898-08-30 06:00TS29.3°N 79.1°W35—
1898-08-30 12:00HU30.1°N 79.4°W65—
1898-08-30 18:00HU30.9°N 79.8°W75—
1898-08-31 00:00HU31.5°N 80.2°W75—
1898-08-31 06:00HU32.0°N 80.7°W75—
1898-08-31 07:00HU32.1°N 80.8°W75—Landfall
1898-08-31 12:00TS32.4°N 81.4°W60—
1898-08-31 18:00TS32.6°N 82.2°W50—
1898-09-01 00:00TS32.6°N 83.1°W45—
1898-09-01 06:00TS32.7°N 84.1°W40—
1898-09-01 12:00TS32.8°N 85.3°W35—
1898-09-01 18:00TD33.1°N 86.6°W30—

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.