1897 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1897

Oct 9, 6:00 PM UTC – Oct 22, 6:00 PM UTC (13.0 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

  • Oct 20, 8:00 PM UTC · 35.2°N 75.5°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph
Every track point (54)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1897-10-09 18:00TS12.4°N 61.7°W40—
1897-10-10 00:00TS12.5°N 62.6°W40—
1897-10-10 06:00TS12.7°N 63.8°W40—
1897-10-10 12:00TS13.0°N 64.9°W40—
1897-10-10 18:00TS13.2°N 66.1°W40—
1897-10-11 00:00TS13.4°N 67.2°W40—
1897-10-11 06:00TS13.6°N 68.4°W40—
1897-10-11 12:00TS13.8°N 69.6°W40—
1897-10-11 18:00TS14.0°N 70.8°W40—
1897-10-12 00:00TS14.1°N 72.0°W40—
1897-10-12 06:00TS14.2°N 73.3°W40—
1897-10-12 12:00TS14.4°N 74.5°W40—
1897-10-12 18:00TS14.6°N 75.8°W40—
1897-10-13 00:00TS14.8°N 77.1°W40—
1897-10-13 06:00TS15.1°N 78.4°W40—
1897-10-13 12:00TS15.5°N 79.6°W40—
1897-10-13 18:00TS16.0°N 80.7°W40—
1897-10-14 00:00TS16.3°N 81.1°W40—
1897-10-14 06:00TS16.7°N 81.6°W40—
1897-10-14 12:00TS17.0°N 82.0°W40—
1897-10-14 18:00TS17.3°N 82.3°W40—
1897-10-15 00:00TS17.6°N 82.6°W40—
1897-10-15 06:00TS17.8°N 82.8°W40—
1897-10-15 12:00TS18.0°N 83.0°W40—
1897-10-15 18:00TS18.3°N 83.1°W40—
1897-10-16 00:00TS18.4°N 83.1°W40—
1897-10-16 06:00TS18.5°N 83.1°W40—
1897-10-16 12:00TS18.7°N 83.0°W40—
1897-10-16 18:00TS19.0°N 82.8°W40—
1897-10-17 00:00TS19.2°N 82.5°W40—
1897-10-17 06:00TS19.4°N 82.3°W45—
1897-10-17 12:00TS19.7°N 82.0°W50—
1897-10-17 18:00TS19.9°N 81.6°W55—
1897-10-18 00:00TS20.1°N 81.1°W60—
1897-10-18 06:00HU20.3°N 80.8°W65—
1897-10-18 12:00HU20.6°N 80.3°W70—
1897-10-18 18:00HU21.2°N 79.6°W70—
1897-10-19 00:00HU21.8°N 78.9°W70—
1897-10-19 06:00TS22.5°N 78.2°W60—
1897-10-19 12:00TS23.3°N 77.7°W55—
1897-10-19 18:00TS25.3°N 77.2°W55—
1897-10-20 00:00TS27.5°N 76.7°W55—
1897-10-20 06:00TS29.8°N 76.5°W55—
1897-10-20 12:00TS32.2°N 76.3°W55—
1897-10-20 18:00TS34.6°N 75.8°W55—
1897-10-20 20:00TS35.2°N 75.5°W55—Landfall
1897-10-21 00:00TS37.2°N 74.4°W50—
1897-10-21 06:00TS38.8°N 71.9°W45—
1897-10-21 12:00EX39.7°N 69.0°W40—
1897-10-21 18:00EX40.1°N 66.3°W40—
1897-10-22 00:00EX39.9°N 64.0°W40—
1897-10-22 06:00EX39.8°N 61.9°W40—
1897-10-22 12:00EX40.0°N 59.5°W40—
1897-10-22 18:00EX40.1°N 57.4°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.