NHC AL021852 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1852
September 5, 1852 – September 6, 1852
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1852 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 54 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1852 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1852 (AL021852) from September 5, 1852 to September 6, 1852; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 24 miles from Maunabo, PR; the centre came closest to Mayaguez, PR, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 54
- States
- 1
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1852 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- MaunaboCategory 1 · 24 mi
- YabucoaCategory 1 · 29 mi
- HumacaoCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 1 · 37 mi
- ViequesCategory 1 · 41 mi
- NaguaboCategory 1 · 41 mi
- CeibaCategory 1 · 45 mi
- FajardoCategory 1 · 50 mi
- LuquilloCategory 1 · 51 mi
- GuayamaCategory 1 · 17 mi
- ArroyoCategory 1 · 19 mi
- PatillasCategory 1 · 22 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 1 · 32 mi
- JuncosCategory 1 · 38 mi
- GuraboCategory 1 · 38 mi
- CanovanasCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 1 · 49 mi
- LoizaCategory 1 · 51 mi
- AguirreCategory 1 · 13 mi
- CayeyCategory 1 · 24 mi
- CaguasCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 1 · 42 mi
- CarolinaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- SalinasCategory 1 · 13 mi
- AibonitoCategory 1 · 21 mi
- CidraCategory 1 · 27 mi
- ComerioCategory 1 · 28 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 1 · 33 mi
- BayamonCategory 1 · 39 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 1 · 40 mi
- San JuanCategory 1 · 44 mi
- Santa IsabelCategory 1 · 9 mi
- CoamoCategory 1 · 16 mi
- BarranquitasCategory 1 · 24 mi
- CorozalCategory 1 · 30 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 1 · 42 mi
- CatanoCategory 1 · 44 mi
- PonceCategory 1 · 3 mi
- MerceditaCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 1 · 8 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 1 · 9 mi
- VillalbaCategory 1 · 14 mi
- OrocovisCategory 1 · 22 mi
- MorovisCategory 1 · 28 mi
- Vega AltaCategory 1 · 37 mi
- DoradoCategory 1 · 40 mi
- PenuelasCategory 1 · 3 mi
- JayuyaCategory 1 · 16 mi
- CialesCategory 1 · 25 mi
- ManatiCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Vega BajaCategory 1 · 36 mi
- GuayanillaTropical storm · overhead
- AdjuntasTropical storm · 10 mi
- UtuadoTropical storm · 16 mi
- FloridaTropical storm · 26 mi
- Sabana HoyosTropical storm · 27 mi
- GarrochalesTropical storm · 31 mi
and 26 more
Other storms of the 1852 season
- Unnamed (AL011852)Category 3 · 642 cities
- Unnamed (AL031852)Category 1 · 179 cities
- Unnamed (AL041852)Category 1 · 64 cities
- Unnamed (AL051852)Category 2 · 506 cities
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.