1869 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1869

Sep 4, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 6, 12:00 AM UTC (2.0 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 5, 12:00 PM UTC · 29.2°N 90.0°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (9)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1869-09-04 00:00HU26.2°N 88.4°W70—
1869-09-04 06:00HU26.7°N 88.6°W70—
1869-09-04 12:00HU27.2°N 88.8°W70—
1869-09-04 18:00HU27.8°N 89.1°W70—
1869-09-05 00:00HU28.3°N 89.5°W70—
1869-09-05 06:00HU28.7°N 89.6°W70—
1869-09-05 12:00HU29.2°N 90.0°W70—Landfall
1869-09-05 18:00TS29.7°N 90.3°W50—
1869-09-06 00:00TS30.2°N 90.6°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.