Unnamed hurricane (1881)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between September 3, 1881 and September 11, 1881, with a lowest pressure of 975 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 3, 1881 to September 11, 1881
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb (28.79 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 9.7
- Identifier
- AL061881
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 13.0N 54.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 13.9N 54.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 14.8N 55.8W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 15.7N 56.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 16.5N 57.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 17.2N 58.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 17.9N 59.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 18.6N 61.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 19.2N 62.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 19.9N 63.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 20.6N 63.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 21.4N 64.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 22.0N 65.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 22.7N 66.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 23.7N 69.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 25.0N 70.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 26.2N 71.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 27.4N 72.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 28.6N 73.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 30.1N 75.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 31.0N 75.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 31.6N 76.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 32.0N 76.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 32.8N 77.0W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 33.3N 77.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 16:00 landfall | 33.9N 78.1W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 34.2N 78.1W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 35.2N 77.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 36.2N 76.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 37.0N 76.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 38.0N 74.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 39.0N 73.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 39.9N 71.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 40.5N 70.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 41.5N 69.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1881
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.