The 1875 season

Unnamed hurricane (1875)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 2, 1875 and September 19, 1875, with a lowest pressure of 978 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1875 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 2, 1875 to September 19, 1875
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
978 mb (28.88 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
27.2
Identifier
AL031875

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 2, 12:0011.5N 27.3WTropical storm
Sep 2, 18:0011.6N 28.5WTropical storm
Sep 3, 00:0011.7N 29.7WTropical storm
Sep 3, 06:0011.8N 31.0WTropical storm
Sep 3, 12:0011.8N 32.2WTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0011.9N 33.4WTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0012.0N 34.7WTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0012.2N 36.0WTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0012.3N 37.2WTropical storm
Sep 4, 18:0012.4N 38.3WTropical storm
Sep 5, 00:0012.5N 39.5WTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0012.6N 40.7WTropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0012.7N 42.0WTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0012.8N 43.2WTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0012.9N 44.4WTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0013.0N 45.6WTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0013.1N 46.8WTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0013.2N 48.0WTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0013.3N 49.2WTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0013.4N 50.5WTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0013.5N 51.7WTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0013.6N 52.9WTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0013.9N 55.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 06:0013.9N 56.4W70 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 12:0014.0N 57.5W70 ktHurricane
Sep 8, 18:0014.0N 58.7W70 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 00:0014.1N 59.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 06:0014.2N 60.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 12:0014.3N 61.8W80 ktHurricane
Sep 9, 18:0014.4N 62.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 00:0014.5N 63.5W80 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 06:0014.6N 64.3W80 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 12:0014.8N 65.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 18:0015.1N 66.3W80 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 00:0015.5N 67.4W90 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 06:0015.8N 68.4W90 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 12:0016.1N 69.3W90 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 18:0016.4N 70.1W90 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 00:0016.7N 71.3W90 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 06:0017.1N 72.1W90 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 12:0017.5N 73.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0018.2N 74.5W90 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0019.4N 76.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0020.2N 77.5W90 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0021.0N 78.5W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0022.0N 79.9W80 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0022.7N 80.9W70 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0023.4N 82.4W60 kt992 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 12:0024.0N 83.9W70 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0024.7N 85.4W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0025.8N 87.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0026.3N 89.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0026.6N 90.5W90 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0026.8N 92.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0027.0N 93.4W90 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0027.1N 94.9W90 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0027.1N 96.1W100 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 18:0027.4N 96.9W100 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 21:00 landfall27.7N 97.2W100 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 00:0028.0N 97.3W90 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 06:0028.8N 97.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 12:0029.5N 97.0W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0030.0N 96.2W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0030.3N 95.0W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0030.6N 93.5W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0031.0N 91.8W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 18, 18:0031.5N 90.0W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 19, 00:0033.2N 84.5WExtratropical
Sep 19, 06:0035.0N 82.0WExtratropical
Sep 19, 12:0038.0N 75.5WExtratropical
Sep 19, 18:0039.0N 71.0WExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1875

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.