1870 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL09 1870

Oct 19, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 22, 6:00 PM UTC (3.8 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 20, 2:00 PM UTC · 24.7°N 82.8°W · Hurricane · 90 mph
  • Oct 20, 8:00 PM UTC · 26.0°N 81.8°W · Hurricane · 90 mph
Every track point (18)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1870-10-19 00:00HU19.5°N 84.1°W90—
1870-10-19 06:00HU19.9°N 84.0°W90—
1870-10-19 12:00HU20.4°N 84.0°W90—
1870-10-19 18:00HU21.1°N 83.9°W90—
1870-10-20 00:00HU22.0°N 83.7°W90—
1870-10-20 06:00HU23.1°N 83.5°W80—
1870-10-20 12:00HU24.3°N 83.1°W80—
1870-10-20 14:00HU24.7°N 82.8°W80—Landfall
1870-10-20 18:00HU25.5°N 82.3°W80—
1870-10-20 20:00HU26.0°N 81.8°W80—Landfall
1870-10-21 00:00HU26.7°N 81.1°W70—
1870-10-21 06:00TS27.9°N 79.7°W60—
1870-10-21 12:00HU29.1°N 78.1°W70—
1870-10-21 18:00HU30.3°N 76.6°W70—
1870-10-22 00:00HU31.4°N 75.4°W70—
1870-10-22 06:00HU32.5°N 74.0°W70—
1870-10-22 12:00HU33.5°N 72.6°W70—
1870-10-22 18:00HU34.5°N 71.1°W70—

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.