1871 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1871

Aug 17, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 30, 6:00 PM UTC (13.8 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 25, 5:00 AM UTC · 27.1°N 80.3°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
Every track point (57)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1871-08-17 00:00TS11.2°N 30.7°W40—
1871-08-17 06:00TS11.5°N 32.2°W40—
1871-08-17 12:00TS11.8°N 33.9°W40—
1871-08-17 18:00TS12.3°N 35.5°W40—
1871-08-18 00:00TS12.9°N 37.4°W50—
1871-08-18 06:00TS13.5°N 39.2°W50—
1871-08-18 12:00TS14.0°N 41.0°W50—
1871-08-18 18:00TS14.2°N 42.5°W50—
1871-08-19 00:00TS14.3°N 44.5°W60—
1871-08-19 06:00TS14.5°N 46.4°W60—
1871-08-19 12:00HU14.7°N 48.0°W70—
1871-08-19 18:00HU14.9°N 49.9°W70—
1871-08-20 00:00HU15.1°N 52.2°W80—
1871-08-20 06:00HU15.3°N 54.5°W80—
1871-08-20 12:00HU15.4°N 56.4°W90—
1871-08-20 18:00HU15.8°N 58.2°W90—
1871-08-21 00:00HU16.4°N 60.0°W100—
1871-08-21 06:00HU17.1°N 61.6°W100—
1871-08-21 12:00HU17.7°N 62.9°W100965
1871-08-21 18:00HU18.2°N 64.0°W100—
1871-08-22 00:00HU18.9°N 65.3°W100962
1871-08-22 06:00HU19.5°N 66.5°W100—
1871-08-22 12:00HU20.0°N 67.5°W90—
1871-08-22 18:00HU20.7°N 68.6°W90—
1871-08-23 00:00HU21.2°N 69.6°W90—
1871-08-23 06:00HU22.0°N 71.0°W90—
1871-08-23 12:00HU22.5°N 72.3°W90—
1871-08-23 18:00HU23.2°N 73.5°W90—
1871-08-24 00:00HU24.1°N 75.0°W90—
1871-08-24 06:00HU25.0°N 76.4°W90—
1871-08-24 12:00HU25.7°N 77.6°W90—
1871-08-24 18:00HU26.3°N 78.6°W90—
1871-08-25 00:00HU27.0°N 79.5°W90—
1871-08-25 05:00HU27.1°N 80.3°W90—Landfall
1871-08-25 06:00HU27.7°N 80.5°W90—
1871-08-25 12:00HU28.3°N 81.3°W70—
1871-08-25 18:00TS28.9°N 82.2°W50—
1871-08-26 00:00TS29.4°N 83.1°W40—
1871-08-26 06:00TS29.9°N 83.8°W40—
1871-08-26 12:00TS30.5°N 84.3°W40—
1871-08-26 18:00TS30.9°N 84.5°W40—
1871-08-27 00:00TD31.3°N 84.5°W30—
1871-08-27 06:00TD31.7°N 84.4°W30—
1871-08-27 12:00TD32.0°N 84.0°W30—
1871-08-27 18:00TD32.1°N 83.5°W30—
1871-08-28 00:00TD32.2°N 83.0°W30—
1871-08-28 06:00TD32.2°N 82.5°W30—
1871-08-28 12:00TD32.3°N 82.1°W30—
1871-08-28 18:00TD32.4°N 81.0°W30—
1871-08-29 00:00TS32.5°N 79.9°W40—
1871-08-29 06:00TS32.7°N 78.6°W40—
1871-08-29 12:00TS33.0°N 77.5°W50—
1871-08-29 18:00TS34.0°N 76.1°W50—
1871-08-30 00:00TS35.5°N 74.3°W50—
1871-08-30 06:00TS37.3°N 72.4°W50—
1871-08-30 12:00TS39.5°N 70.5°W60—
1871-08-30 18:00TS42.0°N 68.5°W60—

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.