1881 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL06 1881

Sep 7, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 11, 6:00 PM UTC (4.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
105 mph (90 kt)
Lowest pressure
975 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 9, 4:00 PM UTC · 33.9°N 78.1°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
Every track point (21)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1881-09-07 00:00HU23.7°N 69.0°W70—
1881-09-07 06:00HU25.0°N 70.0°W70—
1881-09-07 12:00HU26.2°N 71.0°W70—
1881-09-07 18:00HU27.4°N 72.1°W70—
1881-09-08 00:00HU28.6°N 73.5°W80—
1881-09-08 06:00HU30.1°N 75.0°W80—
1881-09-08 12:00HU31.0°N 75.8°W80—
1881-09-08 18:00HU31.6°N 76.1°W80—
1881-09-09 00:00HU32.0°N 76.5°W90—
1881-09-09 06:00HU32.8°N 77.0°W90—
1881-09-09 12:00HU33.3°N 77.5°W90—
1881-09-09 16:00HU33.9°N 78.1°W90—Landfall
1881-09-09 18:00HU34.2°N 78.1°W80975
1881-09-10 00:00TS35.2°N 77.5°W60—
1881-09-10 06:00TS36.2°N 76.9°W50—
1881-09-10 12:00TS37.0°N 76.0°W50—
1881-09-10 18:00TS38.0°N 74.6°W50—
1881-09-11 00:00TS39.0°N 73.3°W50—
1881-09-11 06:00TS39.9°N 71.8°W50—
1881-09-11 12:00TS40.5°N 70.5°W50—
1881-09-11 18:00TS41.5°N 69.0°W50—

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.