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NHC AL011851 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1851

June 25, 1851 – June 28, 1851

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1851 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 103 US cities, 24 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1851 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1851 (AL011851) from June 25, 1851 to June 28, 1851; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 25 at 92 mph (Category 1), 15 miles from Seadrift, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 103 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 15 miles from Seadrift, TX; the centre came closest to Skidmore, TX, 5 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
103
At hurricane strength
24

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1851 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (103)

and 43 more

Other storms of the 1851 season

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.