1888 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL06 1888

Sep 23, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 27, 12:00 PM UTC (4.0 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 26, 1:00 PM UTC · 41.6°N 69.9°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 985 mb
Every track point (18)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1888-09-23 12:00TS24.3°N 81.0°W35—
1888-09-23 18:00TS25.5°N 80.2°W35—
1888-09-24 00:00TS26.6°N 79.7°W40—
1888-09-24 06:00TS27.7°N 79.1°W40—
1888-09-24 12:00TS28.7°N 78.6°W45—
1888-09-24 18:00TS29.5°N 78.2°W45—
1888-09-25 00:00TS30.1°N 77.8°W45—
1888-09-25 06:00TS30.7°N 77.5°W50—
1888-09-25 12:00TS31.7°N 76.9°W55—
1888-09-25 18:00TS33.5°N 75.7°W60—
1888-09-26 00:00HU36.1°N 73.9°W65—
1888-09-26 06:00HU38.9°N 71.9°W70—
1888-09-26 12:00HU41.2°N 70.2°W70985
1888-09-26 13:00HU41.6°N 69.9°W70985Landfall
1888-09-26 18:00TS43.0°N 68.9°W60—
1888-09-27 00:00EX44.8°N 67.5°W50—
1888-09-27 06:00EX46.4°N 66.3°W40—
1888-09-27 12:00EX47.8°N 65.2°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.