NHC AL031852 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1852
September 9, 1852 – September 13, 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 179 US cities, 41 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1852 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1852 (AL031852) from September 9, 1852 to September 13, 1852; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 12 at 81 mph (Category 1), 2 miles from Dunedin, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 179 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 1 mile from Dunedin, FL; the centre came closest to Thonotosassa, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 179
- At hurricane strength
- 41
- States
- 1
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1852 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (179)
- DunedinCategory 1 · 1 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 1 · 7 mi
- LargoCategory 1 · 8 mi
- SeminoleCategory 1 · 10 mi
- South PasadenaCategory 1 · 17 mi
- St Pete BeachCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 1 · 43 mi
- ClearwaterCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Palm HarborCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Pinellas ParkCategory 1 · 11 mi
- St PetersburgCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Safety HarborCategory 1 · overhead
- OldsmarCategory 1 · 2 mi
- HolidayCategory 1 · 12 mi
- PalmettoCategory 1 · 33 mi
- BradentonCategory 1 · 39 mi
- OspreyCategory 1 · 59 mi
- TrinityCategory 1 · 13 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 1 · 19 mi
- EllentonCategory 1 · 35 mi
- University ParkCategory 1 · 44 mi
- SarasotaCategory 1 · 50 mi
- NokomisCategory 1 · 63 mi
- VeniceCategory 1 · 67 mi
- OdessaCategory 1 · 7 mi
- HudsonCategory 1 · 23 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 1 · 43 mi
- TampaCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 1 · 20 mi
- RuskinCategory 1 · 24 mi
- ParrishCategory 1 · 33 mi
- LutzCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Land O LakesCategory 1 · 14 mi
- GibsontonCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 1 · 24 mi
- Spring HillCategory 1 · 29 mi
- Crystal RiverCategory 1 · 60 mi
- InglisCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Temple TerraceTropical storm · 2 mi
- WimaumaTropical storm · 26 mi
- Weeki WacheeTropical storm · 40 mi
- Myakka CityTropical storm · 47 mi
- HomosassaTropical storm · 49 mi
- North PortTropical storm · 70 mi
- ThonotosassaTropical storm · overhead
- SeffnerTropical storm · 7 mi
- BrandonTropical storm · 11 mi
- BrooksvilleTropical storm · 32 mi
- LecantoTropical storm · 54 mi
- Beverly HillsTropical storm · 60 mi
- RiverviewTropical storm · 3 mi
- DoverTropical storm · 8 mi
- Wesley ChapelTropical storm · 11 mi
- ValricoTropical storm · 13 mi
- San AntonioTropical storm · 17 mi
- Citrus SpringsTropical storm · 64 mi
- LithiaTropical storm · 22 mi
and 119 more
Other storms of the 1852 season
- Unnamed (AL011852)Category 3 · 642 cities
- Unnamed (AL021852)Category 1 · 86 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.