1887 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1887

Jul 20, 12:00 AM UTC – Jul 28, 6:00 PM UTC (8.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Jul 27, 3:00 PM UTC · 30.4°N 86.6°W · Hurricane · 85 mph
Every track point (37)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1887-07-20 00:00TS12.0°N 57.6°W60—
1887-07-20 06:00TS12.1°N 59.2°W60—
1887-07-20 12:00TS12.3°N 61.0°W60—
1887-07-20 18:00TS12.5°N 62.4°W60—
1887-07-21 00:00TS12.7°N 63.6°W60—
1887-07-21 06:00HU12.9°N 64.9°W70—
1887-07-21 12:00HU13.2°N 66.3°W75—
1887-07-21 18:00HU13.4°N 67.6°W75—
1887-07-22 00:00HU13.7°N 68.9°W80—
1887-07-22 06:00HU14.0°N 70.2°W80—
1887-07-22 12:00HU14.2°N 71.4°W85—
1887-07-22 18:00HU14.4°N 72.6°W85—
1887-07-23 00:00HU14.6°N 73.8°W85—
1887-07-23 06:00HU14.7°N 75.0°W85—
1887-07-23 12:00HU15.0°N 76.5°W85—
1887-07-23 18:00HU15.1°N 77.4°W85—
1887-07-24 00:00HU15.3°N 78.8°W85—
1887-07-24 06:00HU15.6°N 80.3°W85—
1887-07-24 12:00HU16.1°N 81.7°W85—
1887-07-24 18:00HU16.9°N 84.0°W85—
1887-07-25 00:00HU17.9°N 85.5°W85—
1887-07-25 06:00HU18.9°N 86.2°W85—
1887-07-25 12:00HU20.2°N 86.9°W85—
1887-07-25 18:00HU21.5°N 87.2°W75—
1887-07-26 00:00HU22.7°N 87.3°W75—
1887-07-26 06:00HU23.9°N 87.5°W75—
1887-07-26 12:00HU25.1°N 87.6°W75—
1887-07-26 18:00HU26.3°N 87.7°W75—
1887-07-27 00:00HU27.5°N 87.6°W75—
1887-07-27 06:00HU28.7°N 87.2°W75—
1887-07-27 12:00HU29.9°N 86.8°W75—
1887-07-27 15:00HU30.4°N 86.6°W75—Landfall
1887-07-27 18:00HU30.9°N 86.3°W65—
1887-07-28 00:00TS31.7°N 85.8°W50—
1887-07-28 06:00TS32.3°N 85.4°W40—
1887-07-28 12:00TS32.8°N 85.0°W35—
1887-07-28 18:00TD33.6°N 84.4°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.