1888 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL03 1888

Aug 14, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 24, 6:00 PM UTC (10.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
125 mph (110 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 16, 7:00 PM UTC · 25.8°N 80.1°W · Hurricane · 125 mph
  • Aug 19, 4:00 PM UTC · 29.1°N 90.7°W · Hurricane · 110 mph
Every track point (44)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1888-08-14 12:00TS23.0°N 71.0°W35—
1888-08-14 18:00TS23.3°N 72.1°W40—
1888-08-15 00:00TS23.8°N 73.4°W50—
1888-08-15 06:00TS24.1°N 74.5°W60—
1888-08-15 12:00HU24.3°N 75.5°W70—
1888-08-15 18:00HU24.6°N 76.5°W80—
1888-08-16 00:00HU24.8°N 77.4°W90—
1888-08-16 06:00HU25.1°N 78.2°W100—
1888-08-16 12:00HU25.3°N 79.0°W110—
1888-08-16 18:00HU25.7°N 79.9°W110—
1888-08-16 19:00HU25.8°N 80.1°W110—Landfall
1888-08-17 00:00HU26.2°N 80.9°W85—
1888-08-17 06:00HU26.6°N 82.0°W70—
1888-08-17 12:00HU26.9°N 83.3°W80—
1888-08-17 18:00HU27.1°N 84.7°W90—
1888-08-18 00:00HU27.1°N 86.2°W95—
1888-08-18 06:00HU27.2°N 87.6°W95—
1888-08-18 12:00HU27.3°N 88.6°W95—
1888-08-18 18:00HU27.6°N 89.4°W95—
1888-08-19 00:00HU27.9°N 90.0°W95—
1888-08-19 06:00HU28.3°N 90.4°W95—
1888-08-19 12:00HU28.8°N 90.6°W95—
1888-08-19 16:00HU29.1°N 90.7°W95—Landfall
1888-08-19 18:00HU29.3°N 90.8°W85—
1888-08-20 00:00HU29.9°N 90.9°W75—
1888-08-20 06:00HU30.7°N 91.0°W70—
1888-08-20 12:00HU31.8°N 91.0°W65—
1888-08-20 18:00TS33.2°N 90.8°W60—
1888-08-21 00:00TS34.8°N 90.1°W55—
1888-08-21 06:00TS36.5°N 87.8°W50—
1888-08-21 12:00TS38.0°N 85.0°W45—
1888-08-21 18:00TS39.3°N 81.3°W45—
1888-08-22 00:00TS40.6°N 76.5°W40—
1888-08-22 06:00TS41.9°N 71.8°W40—
1888-08-22 12:00EX43.2°N 68.1°W50—
1888-08-22 18:00EX44.7°N 65.3°W50—
1888-08-23 00:00EX46.2°N 62.8°W50—
1888-08-23 06:00EX47.7°N 60.5°W50—
1888-08-23 12:00EX49.2°N 59.0°W45—
1888-08-23 18:00EX50.6°N 57.1°W45—
1888-08-24 00:00EX51.8°N 55.8°W40—
1888-08-24 06:00EX53.0°N 55.0°W40—
1888-08-24 12:00EX54.0°N 54.0°W35—
1888-08-24 18:00EX55.2°N 53.0°W35—

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.