Unnamed hurricane (1888)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 14, 1888 and August 24, 1888, and made landfall. It killed 12 people, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1888 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 14, 1888 to August 24, 1888
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.1
- Fastest the center moved
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031888
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
12 deathsno damage figure
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 19:00 | Miami Beach, FL, 3 km away | 25.8N 80.1W | 110 kt (127 mph) | |
| Aug 19, 16:00 | Dulac, LA, 32 km away | 29.1N 90.7W | 95 kt (109 mph) |
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 14, 12:00 | 23.0N 71.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 23.3N 72.1W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 23.8N 73.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 24.1N 74.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 24.3N 75.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 24.6N 76.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 24.8N 77.4W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 25.1N 78.2W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 25.3N 79.0W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 25.7N 79.9W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 16, 19:00 landfall | 25.8N 80.1W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 26.2N 80.9W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 26.6N 82.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 26.9N 83.3W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 27.1N 84.7W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 27.1N 86.2W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 27.2N 87.6W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 27.3N 88.6W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 27.6N 89.4W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 27.9N 90.0W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 28.3N 90.4W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 28.8N 90.6W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 16:00 landfall | 29.1N 90.7W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 29.3N 90.8W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 29.9N 90.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 30.7N 91.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 31.8N 91.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 33.2N 90.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 34.8N 90.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 36.5N 87.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 38.0N 85.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 39.3N 81.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 40.6N 76.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 41.9N 71.8W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 43.2N 68.1W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 44.7N 65.3W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 46.2N 62.8W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 47.7N 60.5W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 49.2N 59.0W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 50.6N 57.1W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 51.8N 55.8W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 53.0N 55.0W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 54.0N 54.0W | 35 kt | Extratropical | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 55.2N 53.0W | 35 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1888
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1888
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1888
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.