1871 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL06 1871

Sep 5, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 8, 6:00 PM UTC (3.8 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 6, 2:00 PM UTC · 29.2°N 83.0°W · Hurricane · 80 mph
Every track point (17)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1871-09-05 00:00HU26.0°N 90.1°W70—
1871-09-05 06:00HU26.5°N 89.0°W70—
1871-09-05 12:00HU27.0°N 87.6°W70—
1871-09-05 18:00HU27.5°N 86.1°W70—
1871-09-06 00:00HU28.1°N 84.9°W70—
1871-09-06 06:00HU28.6°N 84.1°W70—
1871-09-06 12:00HU29.0°N 83.3°W70—
1871-09-06 14:00HU29.2°N 83.0°W70—Landfall
1871-09-06 18:00TS29.6°N 82.5°W50—
1871-09-07 00:00TS30.2°N 81.8°W50—
1871-09-07 06:00TS30.7°N 81.1°W50—
1871-09-07 12:00TS31.3°N 80.3°W60—
1871-09-07 18:00TS31.7°N 79.3°W60—
1871-09-08 00:00TS31.9°N 78.3°W60—
1871-09-08 06:00TS32.2°N 77.0°W60—
1871-09-08 12:00TS32.4°N 75.9°W60—
1871-09-08 18:00TS32.7°N 75.0°W60—

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.