Unnamed hurricane (1896)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 22, 1896 and September 30, 1896, with a lowest pressure of 960 mb, and made landfall. It killed 202 people and did $9.6 million of damage, as Wikidata records it.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1896 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
- September 22, 1896 to September 30, 1896
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 110 kt (127 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb (28.35 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 19.5
- Fastest the center moved
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Identifier
- AL041896
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
202 deaths$9.6 million
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 11:00 | Cedar Key, FL, 9 km away | 29.2N 83.1W | 110 kt (127 mph) | 960 mb |
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 22, 06:00 | 16.7N 61.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 16.7N 62.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 18:00 | 16.7N 63.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 00:00 | 16.7N 64.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 06:00 | 16.8N 65.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 12:00 | 16.8N 66.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 23, 18:00 | 16.8N 67.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 00:00 | 16.9N 68.0W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 06:00 | 16.9N 68.7W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 12:00 | 17.0N 69.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 24, 18:00 | 17.1N 71.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 00:00 | 17.1N 72.4W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 17.2N 73.6W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 17.3N 74.9W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 17.4N 76.2W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 17.7N 77.4W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 18.0N 78.7W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 18.5N 80.0W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 18.8N 80.9W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 19.1N 81.9W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 19.4N 82.8W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 19.7N 83.7W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 20.1N 84.2W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 20.6N 84.9W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 21.4N 85.3W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 22.3N 85.5W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 23.8N 85.3W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 25.3N 85.1W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 27.0N 84.2W | 110 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 11:00 landfall | 29.2N 83.1W | 110 kt | 960 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 29.6N 82.9W | 100 kt | 963 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 32.2N 81.2W | 85 kt | 973 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 35.7N 79.2W | 70 kt | 988 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 39.5N 78.5W | 60 kt | 987 mb | Extratropical |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 42.0N 79.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1896
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1896
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1896
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.