1855 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1855

Sep 15, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 17, 6:00 AM UTC (2.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
125 mph (110 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 16, 3:00 AM UTC · 29.2°N 89.5°W · Hurricane · 125 mph
Every track point (11)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1855-09-15 00:00HU26.7°N 89.1°W70—
1855-09-15 06:00HU27.1°N 89.1°W80—
1855-09-15 12:00HU27.5°N 89.3°W90—
1855-09-15 18:00HU28.1°N 89.4°W100—
1855-09-16 00:00HU28.8°N 89.5°W110—
1855-09-16 03:00HU29.2°N 89.5°W110—Landfall
1855-09-16 06:00HU29.6°N 89.5°W110—
1855-09-16 12:00HU30.2°N 89.4°W100—
1855-09-16 18:00HU31.0°N 89.1°W70—
1855-09-17 00:00TS32.0°N 88.8°W50—
1855-09-17 06:00TS33.0°N 88.3°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.