Unnamed hurricane (1891)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 16, 1891 and August 25, 1891, with a lowest pressure of 961 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1891 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 16, 1891 to August 25, 1891
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 961 mb (28.38 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 20.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031891
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.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 15:00 | North Key Largo, FL, 19 km away | 25.4N 80.2W | 70 kt (81 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 16, 12:00 | 10.5N 46.7W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 10.7N 48.1W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 10.9N 49.6W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 11.2N 51.0W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 11.6N 52.5W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 12.0N 53.9W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 12.3N 55.3W | Tropical storm | ||
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 12.8N 56.7W | Not reported | ||
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 13.3N 58.0W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 13.9N 59.4W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 14.7N 61.1W | 110 kt | 961 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 15.3N 62.5W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 16.0N 64.0W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 16.5N 65.0W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 17.0N 66.1W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 17.5N 67.1W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 18.0N 68.0W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 18.7N 68.4W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 19.6N 68.6W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 20.3N 68.9W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 21.0N 69.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 21.5N 70.2W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 21.8N 71.0W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 22.1N 71.7W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 22.5N 72.6W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 22.9N 73.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 23.3N 74.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 23.8N 75.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 24.3N 76.7W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 24.6N 77.5W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 24.8N 78.2W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 25.1N 78.9W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 25.3N 79.7W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 15:00 landfall | 25.4N 80.2W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 25.5N 80.6W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 25.8N 81.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 26.0N 82.6W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 26.2N 83.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 26.2N 84.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1891
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1891
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1891
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.