1861 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1861

Sep 27, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 28, 12:00 PM UTC (1.3 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 27, 5:00 PM UTC · 34.5°N 77.4°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (7)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1861-09-27 06:00HU28.5°N 77.5°W70—
1861-09-27 12:00HU31.7°N 78.0°W70—
1861-09-27 17:00HU34.5°N 77.4°W70—Landfall
1861-09-27 18:00TS35.2°N 77.1°W60—
1861-09-28 00:00TS39.0°N 75.1°W60—
1861-09-28 06:00TS42.0°N 72.6°W50—
1861-09-28 12:00TS45.0°N 67.5°W50—

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.