Unnamed hurricane (1893)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 27, 1893 and October 5, 1893, with a lowest pressure of 948 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 27, 1893 to October 5, 1893
Peak strength: Category 4, 115 kt (132 mph)
Lowest pressure: 948 mb (27.99 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 17.7
Fastest the center moved: 18 kt (21 mph)
Identifier: AL101893

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.

Landfalls

Time (UTC)	Where	Position	Wind	Pressure
Oct 2, 08:00	Grand Isle, LA, 19 km away	29.3N 89.8W	115 kt (132 mph)	948 mb
Oct 2, 16:00	Biloxi, MS, 11 km away	30.3N 88.9W	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
Sep 27, 12:00	16.4N 81.7W	35 kt		Tropical storm
Sep 27, 18:00	17.0N 82.6W	40 kt		Tropical storm
Sep 28, 00:00	17.7N 83.4W	55 kt		Tropical storm
Sep 28, 06:00	18.3N 84.2W	65 kt		Hurricane
Sep 28, 12:00	19.0N 85.0W	75 kt		Hurricane
Sep 28, 18:00	19.7N 85.8W	85 kt		Hurricane
Sep 29, 00:00	20.3N 86.5W	85 kt		Hurricane
Sep 29, 06:00	21.0N 87.3W	80 kt		Hurricane
Sep 29, 12:00	21.7N 88.0W	80 kt		Hurricane
Sep 29, 18:00	22.4N 88.7W	80 kt		Hurricane
Sep 30, 00:00	23.1N 89.2W	85 kt		Hurricane
Sep 30, 06:00	23.8N 89.7W	85 kt		Hurricane
Sep 30, 12:00	24.5N 90.2W	85 kt		Hurricane
Sep 30, 18:00	25.1N 90.6W	85 kt		Hurricane
Oct 1, 00:00	25.7N 90.8W	85 kt		Hurricane
Oct 1, 06:00	26.2N 91.0W	85 kt		Hurricane
Oct 1, 12:00	26.9N 91.0W	95 kt		Hurricane
Oct 1, 18:00	27.6N 90.9W	105 kt		Hurricane
Oct 2, 00:00	28.4N 90.5W	115 kt		Hurricane
Oct 2, 06:00	29.1N 90.0W	115 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Oct 2, 08:00 landfall	29.3N 89.8W	115 kt	948 mb	Hurricane
Oct 2, 12:00	29.9N 89.3W	95 kt		Hurricane
Oct 2, 16:00 landfall	30.3N 88.9W	95 kt		Hurricane
Oct 2, 18:00	30.5N 88.7W	85 kt		Hurricane
Oct 3, 00:00	31.3N 87.8W	65 kt		Hurricane
Oct 3, 06:00	32.0N 86.7W	55 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 3, 12:00	32.7N 85.5W	50 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 3, 18:00	33.4N 83.9W	45 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 4, 00:00	34.0N 81.8W	40 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 4, 06:00	34.6N 79.7W	40 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 4, 12:00	35.1N 78.0W	35 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 4, 18:00	35.4N 76.0W	35 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 5, 00:00	35.3N 74.0W	35 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 5, 06:00	35.2N 72.2W	35 kt		Tropical storm
Oct 5, 12:00	35.0N 70.4W	35 kt		Tropical storm

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.

Wikipedia article: 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane