NHC AL031875 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1875
September 8, 1875 – September 18, 1875
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1875 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 275 US cities, 52 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1875 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1875 (AL031875) from September 8, 1875 to September 18, 1875; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 16 at 115 mph (Category 3), 11 miles from Port Aransas, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 275 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (228). The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 43 miles from Kingsville, TX; the centre came closest to Waller, TX, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 275
- At hurricane strength
- 52
- States
- 2
115 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1875 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (228)
- KingsvilleCategory 3 · 43 mi
- PremontCategory 3 · 61 mi
- FalfurriasCategory 3 · 68 mi
- Corpus ChristiCategory 3 · 11 mi
- BishopCategory 3 · 36 mi
- Port AransasCategory 3 · 9 mi
- InglesideCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Aransas PassCategory 2 · 7 mi
- RobstownCategory 2 · 27 mi
- PortlandCategory 2 · 4 mi
- GregoryCategory 2 · 1 mi
- AliceCategory 2 · 52 mi
- San DiegoCategory 2 · 70 mi
- TaftCategory 2 · 5 mi
- OdemCategory 2 · 18 mi
- Orange GroveCategory 2 · 47 mi
- SintonCategory 2 · 13 mi
- RockportCategory 2 · 15 mi
- SandiaCategory 2 · 38 mi
- MathisCategory 2 · 32 mi
- SkidmoreCategory 2 · 24 mi
- George WestCategory 2 · 52 mi
- RefugioCategory 1 · 3 mi
- SeadriftCategory 1 · 36 mi
- BeevilleCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Three RiversCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Port LavacaCategory 1 · 41 mi
- GoliadCategory 1 · 6 mi
- KenedyCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Karnes CityCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Falls CityCategory 1 · 48 mi
- PleasantonCategory 1 · 71 mi
- VictoriaCategory 1 · 16 mi
- YorktownCategory 1 · 17 mi
- FloresvilleCategory 1 · 58 mi
- ElmendorfCategory 1 · 71 mi
- InezCategory 1 · 25 mi
- StockdaleCategory 1 · 48 mi
- AdkinsCategory 1 · 65 mi
- CueroCategory 1 · 7 mi
- NixonCategory 1 · 38 mi
- La VerniaCategory 1 · 59 mi
- PalaciosCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Saint HedwigCategory 1 · 66 mi
- EdnaCategory 1 · 32 mi
- ConverseCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Universal CityCategory 1 · 74 mi
- YoakumCategory 1 · 1 mi
- GanadoCategory 1 · 39 mi
- MarionCategory 1 · 66 mi
- CiboloCategory 1 · 71 mi
- SchertzCategory 1 · 74 mi
- SeguinTropical storm · 56 mi
- Mc QueeneyTropical storm · 61 mi
- GonzalesTropical storm · 26 mi
- New BraunfelsTropical storm · 69 mi
- ShinerTropical storm · 9 mi
- HallettsvilleTropical storm · 11 mi
- KingsburyTropical storm · 47 mi
- FlatoniaTropical storm · 17 mi
and 168 more
Louisiana (47)
- MerryvilleTropical storm · 7 mi
- DequincyTropical storm · 12 mi
- VintonTropical storm · 27 mi
- SulphurTropical storm · 27 mi
- Ville PlatteTropical storm · 71 mi
- Saint LandryTropical storm · 73 mi
- LecompteTropical storm · 74 mi
- LongvilleTropical storm · 4 mi
- WestlakeTropical storm · 27 mi
- Lake CharlesTropical storm · 31 mi
- ManyTropical storm · 62 mi
- ZwolleTropical storm · 69 mi
- DeridderTropical storm · 12 mi
- RagleyTropical storm · 14 mi
- Fort PolkTropical storm · 27 mi
- New LlanoTropical storm · 31 mi
- IowaTropical storm · 32 mi
- LeesvilleTropical storm · 32 mi
- AnacocoTropical storm · 40 mi
- Bell CityTropical storm · 42 mi
- FlorienTropical storm · 52 mi
- KinderTropical storm · 17 mi
- WelshTropical storm · 34 mi
- Lake ArthurTropical storm · 47 mi
- RobelineTropical storm · 70 mi
- OberlinTropical storm · 10 mi
- PitkinTropical storm · 14 mi
- EltonTropical storm · 21 mi
- JenningsTropical storm · 37 mi
- GueydanTropical storm · 55 mi
- NatchitochesTropical storm · 70 mi
- OakdaleTropical storm · overhead
- BasileTropical storm · 23 mi
- IotaTropical storm · 34 mi
- CrowleyTropical storm · 43 mi
- MorseTropical storm · 46 mi
- KaplanTropical storm · 60 mi
- MontgomeryTropical storm · 61 mi
- GlenmoraTropical storm · 13 mi
- Forest HillTropical storm · 15 mi
- MamouTropical storm · 15 mi
- WoodworthTropical storm · 22 mi
- EuniceTropical storm · 24 mi
- BoyceTropical storm · 36 mi
- RayneTropical storm · 44 mi
- ColfaxTropical storm · 49 mi
- AbbevilleTropical storm · 65 mi
Other storms of the 1875 season
- Unnamed (AL041875)Tropical storm · 98 cities
- Unnamed (AL061875)Category 1 · 41 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.