1856 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL03 1856

Aug 19, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 21, 12:00 PM UTC (2.5 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 19, 11:00 AM UTC · 34.8°N 76.4°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (12)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1856-08-19 00:00TS32.5°N 75.5°W50—
1856-08-19 06:00TS33.8°N 76.0°W50—
1856-08-19 11:00TS34.8°N 76.4°W50—Landfall
1856-08-19 12:00TS35.0°N 76.5°W50—
1856-08-19 18:00TS36.0°N 76.3°W50—
1856-08-20 00:00TS37.0°N 76.0°W50—
1856-08-20 06:00TS38.0°N 75.3°W50—
1856-08-20 12:00TS39.0°N 74.3°W50—
1856-08-20 18:00TS39.8°N 73.0°W50—
1856-08-21 00:00TS40.4°N 71.5°W50—
1856-08-21 06:00TS40.8°N 69.5°W50—
1856-08-21 12:00TS41.0°N 67.0°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.