1851 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1851

Aug 16, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 27, 6:00 PM UTC (11.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 23, 9:00 PM UTC · 30.1°N 85.7°W · Hurricane · 115 mph
Every track point (49)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1851-08-16 00:00TS13.4°N 48.0°W40—
1851-08-16 06:00TS13.7°N 49.5°W40—
1851-08-16 12:00TS14.0°N 51.0°W50—
1851-08-16 18:00TS14.4°N 52.8°W50—
1851-08-17 00:00TS14.9°N 54.6°W60—
1851-08-17 06:00TS15.4°N 56.5°W60—
1851-08-17 12:00HU15.9°N 58.5°W70—
1851-08-17 18:00HU16.1°N 60.4°W70—
1851-08-18 00:00HU16.6°N 62.5°W80—
1851-08-18 06:00HU16.9°N 64.1°W80—
1851-08-18 12:00HU17.2°N 66.0°W90—
1851-08-18 18:00HU17.6°N 67.6°W90—
1851-08-19 00:00HU18.0°N 69.3°W90—
1851-08-19 06:00HU18.4°N 71.1°W70—
1851-08-19 12:00TS18.9°N 72.6°W60—
1851-08-19 18:00TS19.4°N 74.3°W60—
1851-08-20 00:00HU19.9°N 75.9°W70—
1851-08-20 06:00HU20.5°N 77.6°W70—
1851-08-20 12:00HU21.2°N 79.0°W70—
1851-08-20 18:00HU21.9°N 80.4°W70—
1851-08-21 00:00TS22.6°N 81.4°W60—
1851-08-21 06:00TS23.2°N 82.5°W60—
1851-08-21 12:00HU23.9°N 83.6°W70—
1851-08-21 18:00HU24.4°N 84.3°W70—
1851-08-22 00:00HU25.0°N 84.9°W80—
1851-08-22 06:00HU25.6°N 85.5°W80—
1851-08-22 12:00HU26.2°N 86.0°W90—
1851-08-22 18:00HU26.8°N 86.3°W90—
1851-08-23 00:00HU27.4°N 86.5°W100—
1851-08-23 06:00HU28.0°N 86.6°W100—
1851-08-23 12:00HU28.5°N 86.6°W100—
1851-08-23 18:00HU29.6°N 86.1°W100—
1851-08-23 21:00HU30.1°N 85.7°W100—Landfall
1851-08-24 00:00HU30.7°N 85.1°W90—
1851-08-24 06:00HU31.6°N 84.1°W70—
1851-08-24 12:00TS32.5°N 83.0°W60—
1851-08-24 18:00TS33.4°N 81.4°W50—
1851-08-25 00:00TS34.0°N 80.0°W40—
1851-08-25 06:00TS34.8°N 78.6°W40—
1851-08-25 12:00TS35.8°N 77.0°W40—
1851-08-25 18:00TS36.8°N 75.1°W40—
1851-08-26 00:00TS37.8°N 73.6°W40—
1851-08-26 06:00TS38.9°N 71.8°W40—
1851-08-26 12:00TS40.0°N 70.0°W40—
1851-08-26 18:00TS41.3°N 66.8°W40—
1851-08-27 00:00TS42.8°N 63.3°W40—
1851-08-27 06:00TS44.5°N 60.2°W40—
1851-08-27 12:00TS46.4°N 57.2°W40—
1851-08-27 18:00TS48.5°N 54.2°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.