The 1893 season

Unnamed hurricane (1893)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 25, 1893 and October 15, 1893, with a lowest pressure of 955 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1893 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 25, 1893 to October 15, 1893
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
955 mb (28.20 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
63.5
Identifier
AL091893

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 25, 06:0011.6N 25.0W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 25, 12:0011.6N 25.8W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 25, 18:0011.7N 26.7W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 26, 00:0011.7N 27.5W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 26, 06:0011.7N 28.3W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 26, 12:0011.7N 29.1W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0011.7N 29.8W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0011.7N 30.5W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0011.7N 31.1W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0011.7N 31.9W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0011.7N 32.8W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:0011.7N 33.6W65 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 06:0011.8N 34.5W65 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 12:0011.8N 35.4W65 ktHurricane
Sep 28, 18:0011.8N 36.3W65 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 00:0011.8N 37.2W65 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 06:0011.8N 38.1W65 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 12:0011.8N 39.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 29, 18:0011.8N 39.8W65 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 00:0011.9N 40.5W65 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 06:0011.9N 41.2W65 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 12:0012.0N 42.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 30, 18:0012.1N 43.0W70 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 00:0012.3N 43.9W75 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 06:0012.5N 44.9W80 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 12:0012.8N 45.9W85 ktHurricane
Oct 1, 18:0013.0N 46.9W90 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 00:0013.3N 48.0W95 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 06:0013.6N 49.0W100 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 12:0014.0N 50.0W105 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 18:0014.4N 50.9W105 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 00:0014.8N 51.6W105 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 06:0015.2N 52.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 12:0015.7N 52.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 18:0016.3N 53.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 00:0016.9N 53.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 06:0017.6N 54.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 12:0018.2N 54.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 18:0018.8N 55.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 00:0019.3N 55.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 06:0019.8N 56.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 12:0020.3N 56.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 18:0020.8N 57.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 00:0021.2N 57.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 06:0021.5N 58.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 12:0021.8N 58.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 18:0022.0N 59.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 00:0022.2N 59.8W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 06:0022.4N 60.4W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 12:0022.6N 61.0W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 18:0022.8N 61.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 00:0022.9N 62.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 06:0023.1N 63.3W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 12:0023.3N 64.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 18:0023.5N 65.1W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 00:0023.7N 66.0W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 06:0023.9N 66.9W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 12:0024.1N 67.8W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 18:0024.3N 68.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 00:0024.5N 69.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 06:0024.8N 70.3W105 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 12:0025.0N 71.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 18:0025.2N 72.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 11, 00:0025.5N 73.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 11, 06:0025.8N 74.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 11, 12:0026.1N 75.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 11, 18:0026.4N 76.2W105 ktHurricane
Oct 12, 00:0026.8N 77.1W105 ktHurricane
Oct 12, 06:0027.2N 78.1W105 ktHurricane
Oct 12, 12:0027.6N 79.0W105 ktHurricane
Oct 12, 18:0028.2N 79.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 13, 00:0029.3N 80.6W105 ktHurricane
Oct 13, 06:0030.8N 80.8W105 ktHurricane
Oct 13, 12:0032.6N 79.7W105 kt955 mbHurricane
Oct 13, 13:00 landfall33.0N 79.5W105 kt955 mbHurricane
Oct 13, 18:0035.0N 78.6W80 ktHurricane
Oct 14, 00:0038.7N 78.1W65 ktHurricane
Oct 14, 06:0042.7N 77.6W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 14, 12:0045.7N 76.4W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 14, 18:0048.3N 74.8W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 15, 00:0050.7N 72.9W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 15, 06:0052.9N 70.7W60 ktExtratropical
Oct 15, 12:0054.9N 68.2W50 ktExtratropical
Oct 15, 18:0057.0N 66.0W40 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1893

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.