NHC AL031859 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1859
September 2, 1859 – September 3, 1859
Hurricane Unnamed 1859 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, 17 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 17
- At hurricane strength
- 17
- States
- 1
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1859 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (17)
- ViequesCategory 1 · 57 mi
- MaunaboCategory 1 · 60 mi
- YabucoaCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 1 · 64 mi
- ArroyoCategory 1 · 64 mi
- PatillasCategory 1 · 64 mi
- HumacaoCategory 1 · 65 mi
- GuayamaCategory 1 · 67 mi
- NaguaboCategory 1 · 67 mi
- CeibaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 1 · 69 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 1 · 70 mi
- AguirreCategory 1 · 71 mi
- JuncosCategory 1 · 72 mi
- FajardoCategory 1 · 73 mi
- SalinasCategory 1 · 74 mi
- CayeyCategory 1 · 75 mi
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.