Unnamed hurricane (1861)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between August 13, 1861 and August 17, 1861.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 13, 1861 to August 17, 1861
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
- Landfall
- No; closest approach 33 km (21 mi)
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 8.0
- Identifier
- AL021861
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:00 | 20.5N 70.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 13, 18:00 | 21.0N 71.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 00:00 | 21.5N 73.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 06:00 | 22.0N 74.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 12:00 | 22.5N 76.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 22.9N 77.4W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 23.2N 78.7W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 23.5N 79.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 23.7N 80.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 23.9N 81.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 24.2N 82.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 24.6N 82.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 25.0N 83.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 25.4N 83.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 25.8N 84.0W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 26.2N 84.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 26.6N 85.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 27.0N 85.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1861
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1861
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1861
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.