The 1877 season

Unnamed hurricane (1877)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 16, 1877 and October 5, 1877, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1877 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 16, 1877 to October 5, 1877
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
31.0
Identifier
AL041877

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 16, 12:0016.9N 33.4WTropical storm
Sep 16, 18:0016.7N 34.7WTropical storm
Sep 17, 00:0016.5N 36.0WTropical storm
Sep 17, 06:0016.3N 37.3WTropical storm
Sep 17, 12:0016.1N 38.6WTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0015.8N 39.9WTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0015.6N 41.2WTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0015.4N 42.5WTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0015.1N 43.8WTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0014.9N 45.1WTropical storm
Sep 19, 00:0014.7N 46.4WTropical storm
Sep 19, 06:0014.5N 47.7WTropical storm
Sep 19, 12:0014.3N 49.0WTropical storm
Sep 19, 18:0014.1N 50.3WTropical storm
Sep 20, 00:0013.8N 51.6WTropical storm
Sep 20, 06:0013.6N 52.9WTropical storm
Sep 20, 12:0013.4N 54.2WTropical storm
Sep 20, 18:0013.1N 55.5WTropical storm
Sep 21, 00:0011.7N 55.5W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 21, 06:0011.7N 56.5W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 21, 12:0011.7N 57.7W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 21, 18:0011.8N 59.1W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 22, 00:0011.8N 60.5W70 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 06:0011.8N 62.0W70 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 12:0011.7N 63.3W80 ktHurricane
Sep 22, 18:0011.6N 64.4W80 ktHurricane
Sep 23, 00:0011.6N 65.8W90 ktHurricane
Sep 23, 06:0011.6N 67.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 23, 12:0011.7N 68.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 23, 18:0011.8N 69.1W90 ktHurricane
Sep 24, 00:0012.1N 70.3W90 ktHurricane
Sep 24, 06:0012.3N 71.4W90 ktHurricane
Sep 24, 12:0012.7N 72.5W90 ktHurricane
Sep 24, 18:0013.0N 73.6W90 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 00:0013.3N 74.6W80 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 06:0013.7N 75.9W80 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 12:0014.0N 77.0W80 ktHurricane
Sep 25, 18:0014.3N 78.0W80 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 00:0014.7N 79.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 06:0015.0N 80.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 12:0015.3N 81.0W70 ktHurricane
Sep 26, 18:0015.7N 81.6W70 ktHurricane
Sep 27, 00:0016.1N 82.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 27, 06:0016.7N 82.6W70 ktHurricane
Sep 27, 12:0017.1N 83.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 27, 18:0017.7N 83.6W70 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 00:0018.2N 84.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 06:0018.9N 85.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 12:0019.5N 85.5W70 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 18:0020.1N 85.9W70 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 00:0020.6N 86.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 06:0021.2N 86.4W70 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 12:0021.9N 86.8W70 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 18:0022.4N 87.0W70 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 00:0022.9N 87.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 06:0023.4N 87.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 12:0023.9N 87.5W70 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 18:0024.4N 87.7W70 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 00:0024.9N 87.8W80 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 06:0025.4N 87.8W80 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 12:0026.0N 87.7W80 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 18:0026.5N 87.6W80 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 00:0027.1N 87.5W90 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 06:0027.5N 87.3W90 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 12:0028.0N 87.0W90 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 18:0028.8N 86.4W90 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 00:0029.5N 85.9W100 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 05:00 landfall30.0N 85.5W100 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 06:0030.1N 85.3W90 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 12:0030.7N 84.5W70 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 18:0031.7N 83.3W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0032.8N 82.1W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0033.9N 80.8W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0035.0N 79.3W50 ktExtratropical
Oct 4, 18:0036.9N 77.4W50 ktExtratropical
Oct 5, 00:0039.3N 74.9W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 5, 06:0040.8N 72.4W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 5, 12:0042.0N 69.5W50 ktExtratropical
Oct 5, 18:0043.5N 66.0W50 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1877

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.