1859 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1859

Sep 15, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 18, 6:00 PM UTC (3.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 16, 12:00 AM UTC · 30.3°N 88.1°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (16)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1859-09-15 00:00HU28.0°N 89.0°W70—
1859-09-15 06:00HU28.5°N 89.0°W70—
1859-09-15 12:00HU29.0°N 88.9°W70—
1859-09-15 18:00HU29.6°N 88.6°W70—
1859-09-16 00:00HU30.3°N 88.1°W70—Landfall
1859-09-16 06:00TS31.1°N 87.5°W50—
1859-09-16 12:00TS32.0°N 86.8°W40—
1859-09-16 18:00TS33.1°N 84.8°W40—
1859-09-17 00:00TS34.3°N 82.5°W40—
1859-09-17 06:00TS35.6°N 80.0°W40—
1859-09-17 12:00TS37.0°N 77.5°W50—
1859-09-17 18:00TS38.5°N 74.5°W60—
1859-09-18 00:00HU40.0°N 71.0°W70—
1859-09-18 06:00HU41.2°N 66.5°W70—
1859-09-18 12:00HU42.0°N 61.0°W70—
1859-09-18 18:00HU42.5°N 55.0°W70—

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.