The 1894 season

Unnamed hurricane (1894)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 26, 1894 and October 12, 1894, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1894 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 26, 1894 to October 12, 1894
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
26.4
Identifier
AL051894

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 26, 12:0011.5N 76.0WTropical storm
Sep 26, 18:0011.5N 76.1WTropical storm
Sep 27, 00:0011.5N 76.2WTropical storm
Sep 27, 06:0011.6N 76.3WTropical storm
Sep 27, 12:0011.6N 76.4WTropical storm
Sep 27, 18:0011.7N 76.6WTropical storm
Sep 28, 00:0011.7N 76.8WTropical storm
Sep 28, 06:0011.8N 77.0WTropical storm
Sep 28, 12:0011.8N 77.2WTropical storm
Sep 28, 18:0011.9N 77.5WTropical storm
Sep 29, 00:0012.0N 77.7WTropical storm
Sep 29, 06:0012.1N 77.9WTropical storm
Sep 29, 12:0012.2N 78.1WTropical storm
Sep 29, 18:0012.3N 78.4WTropical storm
Sep 30, 00:0012.4N 78.6WTropical storm
Sep 30, 06:0012.5N 78.8WTropical storm
Sep 30, 12:0012.5N 79.0WTropical storm
Sep 30, 18:0012.8N 79.3WTropical storm
Oct 1, 00:0012.5N 79.1W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0013.0N 79.5W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0013.5N 79.8W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0014.0N 80.2W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0014.5N 80.6W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 2, 06:0014.9N 80.9W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 2, 12:0015.4N 81.3W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 2, 18:0015.9N 81.6W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 3, 00:0016.3N 82.0W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 3, 06:0016.7N 82.3W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 3, 12:0017.2N 82.6W65 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 18:0017.7N 83.0W70 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 00:0018.3N 83.4W75 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 06:0018.9N 83.8W75 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 12:0019.5N 84.2W80 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 18:0020.0N 84.5W85 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 00:0020.6N 84.9W90 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 06:0021.2N 85.3W90 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 12:0021.7N 85.6W95 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 18:0022.0N 85.9W95 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 00:0022.5N 86.2W100 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 06:0023.0N 86.5W100 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 12:0023.7N 87.0W105 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 18:0024.3N 87.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 00:0024.7N 87.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 06:0025.2N 88.1W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 12:0025.7N 88.3W105 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 18:0026.1N 88.4W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 00:0026.6N 88.4W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 06:0027.1N 88.4W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 12:0027.7N 88.3W105 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 18:0028.7N 87.7W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 00:0029.7N 86.3W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 03:00 landfall30.2N 85.5W105 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 06:0030.7N 84.7W85 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 12:0031.7N 83.0W70 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 18:0033.0N 80.3W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0035.2N 77.5W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0037.4N 75.5W65 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 12:0039.4N 74.0W75 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 15:00 landfall40.7N 72.9W75 ktHurricane
Oct 10, 18:0042.0N 71.9W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0044.8N 70.2W45 ktExtratropical
Oct 11, 06:0047.6N 68.9W45 ktExtratropical
Oct 11, 12:0050.0N 67.3W45 ktExtratropical
Oct 11, 18:0052.0N 66.2W40 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 00:0053.7N 65.2W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 06:0055.1N 64.3W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 12:0056.3N 63.5W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1894

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.