Unnamed hurricane (1856)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between August 7, 1856 and August 14, 1856, with a lowest pressure of 934 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1856 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 7, 1856 to August 14, 1856
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 934 mb (27.58 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 12 kt (14 mph)
- Identifier
- AL011856
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 18:00 | Dulac, LA, 43 km away | 29.2N 91.1W | 130 kt (150 mph) | 934 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:00 | 25.2N 83.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 7, 18:00 | 25.5N 84.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 8, 00:00 | 25.9N 84.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 8, 06:00 | 26.2N 85.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 8, 12:00 | 26.5N 85.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 8, 18:00 | 26.8N 86.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 9, 00:00 | 25.0N 83.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 9, 06:00 | 25.7N 85.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 9, 12:00 | 26.3N 86.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 9, 18:00 | 27.0N 87.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 10, 00:00 | 27.7N 89.1W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 10, 06:00 | 28.2N 89.8W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 10, 12:00 | 28.7N 90.5W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 10, 18:00 landfall | 29.2N 91.1W | 130 kt | 934 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 11, 00:00 | 29.7N 91.6W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 11, 06:00 | 30.0N 91.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 11, 12:00 | 30.3N 91.9W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 11, 18:00 | 30.6N 91.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 00:00 | 30.9N 91.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 06:00 | 31.3N 91.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 12, 12:00 | 31.5N 92.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 12, 18:00 | 31.6N 92.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 13, 00:00 | 31.7N 92.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 13, 06:00 | 31.9N 92.4W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 32.0N 92.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 32.1N 91.8W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 32.2N 91.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 32.2N 90.8W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 32.3N 90.3W | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1856
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1856
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1856
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.