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NHC AL041865 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1865

September 6, 1865 – September 14, 1865

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1865 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, 43 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1865 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1865 (AL041865) from September 6, 1865 to September 14, 1865; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 13 at 104 mph (Category 2), 29 miles from Sulphur, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (98) and Arkansas (59). The strongest pass was 101 mph (Category 2) 66 miles from Kaplan, LA; the centre came closest to Magnolia, AR, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
212
At hurricane strength
43

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1865 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (98)

and 38 more

Texas (55)

Arkansas (59)

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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.