1871 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL03 1871

Aug 14, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 23, 6:00 PM UTC (9.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
952 mb
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 17, 2:00 AM UTC · 27.1°N 80.2°W · Hurricane · 115 mph
  • Aug 23, 12:00 AM UTC · 31.2°N 81.4°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
Every track point (41)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1871-08-14 00:00HU26.5°N 72.4°W80—
1871-08-14 06:00HU26.6°N 73.0°W80—
1871-08-14 12:00HU26.7°N 73.6°W80—
1871-08-14 18:00HU26.7°N 74.3°W80—
1871-08-15 00:00HU26.8°N 75.0°W90—
1871-08-15 06:00HU26.8°N 75.8°W90—
1871-08-15 12:00HU26.8°N 76.7°W100—
1871-08-15 18:00HU26.8°N 77.7°W100—
1871-08-16 00:00HU26.8°N 78.5°W100952
1871-08-16 06:00HU26.8°N 79.1°W100955
1871-08-16 12:00HU26.8°N 79.5°W100—
1871-08-16 18:00HU26.9°N 79.8°W100—
1871-08-17 00:00HU27.0°N 80.1°W100—
1871-08-17 02:00HU27.1°N 80.2°W100—Landfall
1871-08-17 06:00HU27.2°N 80.5°W90—
1871-08-17 12:00HU27.6°N 81.1°W80—
1871-08-17 18:00HU28.3°N 81.7°W70—
1871-08-18 00:00HU29.0°N 82.1°W70—
1871-08-18 06:00TS29.7°N 82.5°W60—
1871-08-18 12:00TS30.4°N 82.3°W60—
1871-08-18 18:00TS30.8°N 81.9°W50—
1871-08-19 00:00TS31.3°N 81.4°W50—
1871-08-19 06:00TS31.8°N 80.8°W60—
1871-08-19 12:00TS32.1°N 80.2°W60—
1871-08-19 18:00TS32.3°N 79.6°W60—
1871-08-20 00:00TS32.5°N 78.8°W60—
1871-08-20 06:00TS32.7°N 77.6°W60—
1871-08-20 12:00TS32.6°N 76.8°W60—
1871-08-20 18:00TS32.4°N 76.4°W60—
1871-08-21 00:00TS32.0°N 76.1°W60—
1871-08-21 06:00TS31.7°N 76.3°W60—
1871-08-21 12:00TS31.4°N 76.5°W60—
1871-08-21 18:00TS31.2°N 77.1°W60—
1871-08-22 00:00TS31.1°N 78.0°W60—
1871-08-22 06:00TS31.0°N 78.6°W60—
1871-08-22 12:00TS31.0°N 79.5°W60—
1871-08-22 18:00TS31.1°N 80.4°W60—
1871-08-23 00:00TS31.2°N 81.4°W60—Landfall
1871-08-23 06:00TS31.3°N 82.4°W50—
1871-08-23 12:00TS31.4°N 83.5°W40—
1871-08-23 18:00TD31.4°N 84.5°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.