1888 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL05 1888

Sep 6, 6:00 AM UTC – Sep 13, 12:00 AM UTC (6.8 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
999 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 8, 12:00 AM UTC · 26.7°N 80.1°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
Every track point (28)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1888-09-06 06:00TS23.5°N 71.7°W35—
1888-09-06 12:00TS23.9°N 73.0°W35—
1888-09-06 18:00TS24.4°N 74.3°W40—
1888-09-07 00:00TS24.8°N 75.5°W40—
1888-09-07 06:00TS25.3°N 76.8°W45—
1888-09-07 12:00TS25.8°N 78.0°W45—
1888-09-07 18:00TS26.2°N 79.2°W45—
1888-09-08 00:00TS26.7°N 80.1°W45—Landfall
1888-09-08 06:00TS27.2°N 81.1°W35—
1888-09-08 12:00TS27.7°N 81.8°W351002
1888-09-08 18:00TS28.3°N 82.4°W40—
1888-09-09 00:00TS28.6°N 82.6°W45—
1888-09-09 06:00TS29.2°N 82.9°W50999
1888-09-09 12:00TS30.1°N 82.9°W45—
1888-09-09 18:00TS31.2°N 82.3°W40—
1888-09-10 00:00TS32.5°N 81.5°W35—
1888-09-10 06:00TS33.9°N 80.6°W35—
1888-09-10 12:00TS35.0°N 79.7°W35—
1888-09-10 18:00TS35.9°N 78.8°W35—
1888-09-11 00:00TS36.7°N 77.9°W35—
1888-09-11 06:00TS37.6°N 76.9°W35—
1888-09-11 12:00EX38.5°N 75.9°W35—
1888-09-11 18:00EX39.5°N 74.7°W35—
1888-09-12 00:00EX40.6°N 73.3°W35—
1888-09-12 06:00EX41.8°N 71.6°W35—
1888-09-12 12:00EX43.0°N 69.9°W35—
1888-09-12 18:00EX44.2°N 67.5°W35—
1888-09-13 00:00EX45.8°N 64.8°W35—

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.