NHC AL021869 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1869
August 16, 1869 – August 17, 1869
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1869 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 63 US cities, 21 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1869 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1869 (AL021869) from August 16, 1869 to August 17, 1869; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 17 at 104 mph (Category 2), 16 miles from Rockport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 63 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 21 miles from Seadrift, TX; the centre came closest to George West, TX, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 63
- At hurricane strength
- 21
- States
- 1
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1869 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (63)
- SeadriftCategory 2 · 21 mi
- Port LavacaCategory 2 · 35 mi
- PalaciosCategory 2 · 48 mi
- EdnaCategory 2 · 60 mi
- GanadoCategory 2 · 64 mi
- Bay CityCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Van VleckCategory 2 · 73 mi
- InezCategory 2 · 54 mi
- RockportCategory 1 · 6 mi
- Port AransasCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Aransas PassCategory 1 · 16 mi
- VictoriaCategory 1 · 47 mi
- InglesideCategory 1 · 20 mi
- GregoryCategory 1 · 17 mi
- RefugioCategory 1 · 12 mi
- PortlandCategory 1 · 19 mi
- TaftCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Corpus ChristiCategory 1 · 31 mi
- CueroCategory 1 · 64 mi
- SintonCategory 1 · 9 mi
- GoliadCategory 1 · 35 mi
- OdemTropical storm · 17 mi
- YorktownTropical storm · 55 mi
- RobstownTropical storm · 29 mi
- SkidmoreTropical storm · 2 mi
- BishopTropical storm · 42 mi
- BeevilleTropical storm · 15 mi
- KingsvilleTropical storm · 50 mi
- MathisTropical storm · 8 mi
- SandiaTropical storm · 11 mi
- KenedyTropical storm · 38 mi
- NixonTropical storm · 74 mi
- Karnes CityTropical storm · 46 mi
- Orange GroveTropical storm · 19 mi
- AliceTropical storm · 35 mi
- PremontTropical storm · 60 mi
- StockdaleTropical storm · 69 mi
- FalfurriasTropical storm · 71 mi
- George WestTropical storm · 1 mi
- Falls CityTropical storm · 50 mi
- Three RiversTropical storm · 17 mi
- FloresvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- San DiegoTropical storm · 40 mi
- AdkinsTropical storm · 74 mi
- ElmendorfTropical storm · 66 mi
- FreerTropical storm · 24 mi
- PleasantonTropical storm · 47 mi
- JourdantonTropical storm · 40 mi
- PoteetTropical storm · 53 mi
- Von OrmyTropical storm · 65 mi
- CotullaTropical storm · 27 mi
- DilleyTropical storm · 40 mi
- PearsallTropical storm · 44 mi
- DevineTropical storm · 60 mi
- NataliaTropical storm · 62 mi
- SomersetTropical storm · 63 mi
- LytleTropical storm · 64 mi
- Carrizo SpringsTropical storm · 65 mi
- Crystal CityTropical storm · 67 mi
- LaredoTropical storm · 67 mi
and 3 more
Other storms of the 1869 season
- Unnamed (AL051869)Category 1 · 121 cities
- Unnamed (AL061869)Category 3 · 912 cities
- Unnamed (AL101869)Category 2 · 559 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.