1872 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1872

Oct 22, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 28, 6:00 AM UTC (6.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 23, 8:00 AM UTC · 27.9°N 82.7°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
  • Oct 25, 1:00 AM UTC · 34.4°N 77.7°W · Tropical Storm · 60 mph
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1872-10-22 00:00TS23.4°N 89.3°W40—
1872-10-22 06:00TS24.0°N 88.3°W40—
1872-10-22 12:00TS24.7°N 87.3°W40—
1872-10-22 18:00TS25.7°N 86.2°W40—
1872-10-23 00:00TS26.7°N 84.8°W50—
1872-10-23 06:00TS27.6°N 83.3°W50—
1872-10-23 08:00TS27.9°N 82.7°W50—Landfall
1872-10-23 12:00TS28.4°N 81.8°W40—
1872-10-23 18:00TS29.0°N 80.3°W40—
1872-10-24 00:00TS30.0°N 79.0°W50—
1872-10-24 06:00TS31.3°N 78.5°W60—
1872-10-24 12:00HU32.6°N 78.2°W70—
1872-10-24 18:00TS33.6°N 77.9°W60—
1872-10-25 00:00TS34.3°N 77.7°W50—
1872-10-25 01:00TS34.4°N 77.7°W50—Landfall
1872-10-25 06:00TS35.0°N 77.5°W50—
1872-10-25 12:00TS35.7°N 77.2°W40—
1872-10-25 18:00TS36.5°N 76.9°W40—
1872-10-26 00:00TS37.5°N 76.5°W40—
1872-10-26 06:00TS38.6°N 75.8°W40—
1872-10-26 12:00TS39.7°N 74.8°W40—
1872-10-26 18:00TS40.6°N 73.8°W40—
1872-10-27 00:00TS41.3°N 72.6°W40—
1872-10-27 06:00TS41.8°N 71.3°W40—
1872-10-27 12:00EX42.4°N 69.2°W40—
1872-10-27 18:00EX42.9°N 67.2°W40—
1872-10-28 00:00EX43.6°N 65.0°W40—
1872-10-28 06:00EX44.5°N 62.5°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.