NHC AL031859 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1859
September 2, 1859 – September 3, 1859
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
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.
The 1859 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1859 (AL031859) from September 2, 1859 to September 3, 1859; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 57 miles from Vieques, PR.
- 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
Other storms of the 1859 season
- Unnamed (AL051859)Category 1 · 1,145 cities
- Unnamed (AL071859)Tropical storm · 147 cities
- Unnamed (AL081859)Category 1 · 183 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.