NHC AL021895 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1895
August 22, 1895 – August 30, 1895
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1895 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 4 US cities, 2 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1895 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1895 (AL021895) from August 22, 1895 to August 30, 1895; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 4 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 87 mph (Category 1) 68 miles from Brownsville, TX.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 4
- At hurricane strength
- 2
- States
- 1
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1895 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (4)
- BrownsvilleCategory 1 · 68 mi
- OlmitoCategory 1 · 73 mi
- ProgresoTropical storm · 74 mi
- HidalgoTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1895 season
- Unnamed (AL011895)Tropical storm · 137 cities
- Unnamed (AL031895)Tropical storm · 28 cities
- Unnamed (AL041895)Tropical storm · 81 cities
- Unnamed (AL061895)Tropical storm · 52 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.