NHC AL031887 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1887
June 11, 1887 – June 14, 1887
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1887 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 62 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1887 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1887 (AL031887) from June 11, 1887 to June 14, 1887; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 14 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 14 miles from Gautier, MS. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 62 US cities, in 3 states, most in Alabama (28) and Mississippi (26). The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 21 miles from Diberville, MS; the centre came closest to Ocean Springs, MS, 3 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 62
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 3
40 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1887 storm passed near, strongest first
Alabama (28)
- Grand BayTropical storm · 30 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · 39 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 45 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 47 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 48 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 52 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 52 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 52 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 53 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 57 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 57 mi
- Gulf ShoresTropical storm · 58 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 58 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 59 mi
- SilverhillTropical storm · 61 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 61 mi
- LoxleyTropical storm · 64 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 66 mi
- Orange BeachTropical storm · 68 mi
- RobertsdaleTropical storm · 68 mi
- ElbertaTropical storm · 69 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 72 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 73 mi
- IrvingtonTropical storm · 29 mi
- CodenTropical storm · 32 mi
- FairhopeTropical storm · 50 mi
- SummerdaleTropical storm · 61 mi
- FoleyTropical storm · 61 mi
Mississippi (26)
- DibervilleTropical storm · 21 mi
- BiloxiTropical storm · 22 mi
- Moss PointTropical storm · 22 mi
- VancleaveTropical storm · 26 mi
- GulfportTropical storm · 28 mi
- SaucierTropical storm · 37 mi
- DiamondheadTropical storm · 42 mi
- PerkinstonTropical storm · 42 mi
- Mc HenryTropical storm · 44 mi
- KilnTropical storm · 47 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 47 mi
- WigginsTropical storm · 59 mi
- PicayuneTropical storm · 62 mi
- BrooklynTropical storm · 64 mi
- CarriereTropical storm · 65 mi
- PoplarvilleTropical storm · 66 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 67 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 69 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 74 mi
- Ocean SpringsTropical storm · 3 mi
- GautierTropical storm · 4 mi
- PascagoulaTropical storm · 11 mi
- Long BeachTropical storm · 26 mi
- Pass ChristianTropical storm · 33 mi
- WavelandTropical storm · 40 mi
- Bay St LouisTropical storm · 41 mi
Louisiana (8)
- BurasTropical storm · 56 mi
- Pearl RiverTropical storm · 65 mi
- Saint BernardTropical storm · 68 mi
- Port SulphurTropical storm · 70 mi
- VioletTropical storm · 72 mi
- MerauxTropical storm · 73 mi
- SlidellTropical storm · 63 mi
- LacombeTropical storm · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1887 season
- Unnamed (AL041887)Category 2 · 236 cities
- Unnamed (AL061887)Category 3 · 17 cities
- Unnamed (AL071887)Category 3 · 3 cities
- Unnamed (AL091887)Category 2 · 32 cities
- Unnamed (AL131887)Category 1 · 512 cities
- Unnamed (AL161887)Category 1 · 202 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.