NHC AL041879 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1879
August 29, 1879 – September 2, 1879
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1879 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 346 US cities, 130 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1879 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1879 (AL041879) from August 29, 1879 to September 2, 1879; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 1 at 127 mph (Category 3), 15 miles from Patterson, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 346 US cities, in 3 states, most in Mississippi (160) and Louisiana (131). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 64 miles from Kaplan, LA; the centre came closest to Summit, MS, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 346
- At hurricane strength
- 130
- States
- 3
127 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (131)
- KaplanCategory 3 · 64 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 3 · 54 mi
- ErathCategory 3 · 49 mi
- DelcambreCategory 3 · 46 mi
- FranklinCategory 3 · 16 mi
- MauriceCategory 3 · 59 mi
- PattersonCategory 3 · 3 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 3 · 29 mi
- New IberiaCategory 3 · 40 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 3 · 53 mi
- RayneCategory 3 · 71 mi
- BerwickCategory 3 · 1 mi
- DusonCategory 3 · 64 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 3 · 4 mi
- BroussardCategory 3 · 52 mi
- ChauvinCategory 3 · 44 mi
- LafayetteCategory 3 · 58 mi
- ScottCategory 3 · 63 mi
- Saint MartinvilleCategory 2 · 44 mi
- MontegutCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 2 · 67 mi
- HoumaCategory 2 · 31 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 2 · 6 mi
- SchrieverCategory 2 · 20 mi
- GrayCategory 2 · 24 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 2 · 18 mi
- RacelandCategory 2 · 32 mi
- LockportCategory 2 · 41 mi
- LaroseCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Cut OffCategory 2 · 53 mi
- GallianoCategory 2 · 58 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 2 · 4 mi
- LafitteCategory 2 · 62 mi
- CarencroCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 2 · 2 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Breaux BridgeCategory 2 · 52 mi
- SunsetCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Church PointCategory 2 · 75 mi
- VacherieCategory 2 · 20 mi
- DonaldsonvilleCategory 2 · overhead
- White CastleCategory 2 · 10 mi
- PaulinaCategory 2 · 17 mi
- BoutteCategory 2 · 40 mi
- LulingCategory 2 · 41 mi
- ArnaudvilleCategory 2 · 58 mi
- PlaquemineCategory 2 · 18 mi
- LutcherCategory 2 · 19 mi
- GramercyCategory 2 · 19 mi
- HahnvilleCategory 2 · 37 mi
- DestrehanCategory 2 · 38 mi
- MarreroCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Belle ChasseCategory 2 · 63 mi
- OpelousasCategory 2 · 71 mi
- GeismarCategory 2 · 3 mi
- SorrentoCategory 2 · 6 mi
- Saint GabrielCategory 2 · 9 mi
- ReserveCategory 2 · 26 mi
- NorcoCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Saint RoseCategory 2 · 42 mi
and 71 more
Mississippi (160)
- PicayuneCategory 1 · 63 mi
- WoodvilleCategory 1 · 45 mi
- CentrevilleCategory 1 · 29 mi
- CarriereCategory 1 · 61 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 15 mi
- GlosterTropical storm · 27 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 5 mi
- PoplarvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- MccombTropical storm · 3 mi
- SmithdaleTropical storm · 13 mi
- TylertownTropical storm · 22 mi
- NatchezTropical storm · 55 mi
- SummitTropical storm · overhead
- MeadvilleTropical storm · 28 mi
- Sandy HookTropical storm · 39 mi
- RoxieTropical storm · 39 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 59 mi
- Bogue ChittoTropical storm · 4 mi
- JayessTropical storm · 13 mi
- FoxworthTropical storm · 32 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 37 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 44 mi
- BrookhavenTropical storm · 7 mi
- MonticelloTropical storm · 11 mi
- LormanTropical storm · 48 mi
- PurvisTropical storm · 60 mi
- WessonTropical storm · 8 mi
- Silver CreekTropical storm · 16 mi
- PrentissTropical storm · 24 mi
- BassfieldTropical storm · 34 mi
- SumrallTropical storm · 45 mi
- Port GibsonTropical storm · 47 mi
- HattiesburgTropical storm · 61 mi
- PetalTropical storm · 65 mi
- HazlehurstTropical storm · 14 mi
- NewhebronTropical storm · 14 mi
- SeminaryTropical storm · 47 mi
- MoselleTropical storm · 57 mi
- Crystal SpringsTropical storm · 14 mi
- Mount OliveTropical storm · 30 mi
- UticaTropical storm · 31 mi
- CollinsTropical storm · 38 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 59 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 70 mi
- BraxtonTropical storm · 6 mi
- MendenhallTropical storm · 15 mi
- TerryTropical storm · 16 mi
- MageeTropical storm · 24 mi
- RaymondTropical storm · 25 mi
- MizeTropical storm · 33 mi
- EdwardsTropical storm · 35 mi
- TaylorsvilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- VicksburgTropical storm · 50 mi
- LaurelTropical storm · 60 mi
- FlorenceTropical storm · 4 mi
- RichlandTropical storm · 10 mi
- FlowoodTropical storm · 24 mi
- ByramTropical storm · 24 mi
- RaleighTropical storm · 32 mi
- BrandonTropical storm · 1 mi
and 100 more
Alabama (55)
- YorkTropical storm · 60 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 62 mi
- AlicevilleTropical storm · 33 mi
- CarrolltonTropical storm · 26 mi
- EutawTropical storm · 51 mi
- ReformTropical storm · 25 mi
- GordoTropical storm · 36 mi
- MoundvilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- VernonTropical storm · 6 mi
- MillportTropical storm · 13 mi
- CokerTropical storm · 47 mi
- NorthportTropical storm · 48 mi
- TuscaloosaTropical storm · 56 mi
- CottondaleTropical storm · 63 mi
- DuncanvilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- SulligentTropical storm · 1 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 20 mi
- BerryTropical storm · 33 mi
- BrookwoodTropical storm · 62 mi
- VanceTropical storm · 68 mi
- WoodstockTropical storm · 71 mi
- GuinTropical storm · 4 mi
- HamiltonTropical storm · 9 mi
- WinfieldTropical storm · 11 mi
- OakmanTropical storm · 40 mi
- AdgerTropical storm · 56 mi
- HueytownTropical storm · 66 mi
- Mc CallaTropical storm · 70 mi
- BessemerTropical storm · 72 mi
- HackleburgTropical storm · 7 mi
- NauvooTropical storm · 23 mi
- Carbon HillTropical storm · 24 mi
- Red BayTropical storm · 27 mi
- ParrishTropical storm · 43 mi
- CordovaTropical storm · 45 mi
- QuintonTropical storm · 53 mi
- GraysvilleTropical storm · 59 mi
- AdamsvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- MulgaTropical storm · 62 mi
- Pleasant GroveTropical storm · 66 mi
- FairfieldTropical storm · 69 mi
- MidfieldTropical storm · 70 mi
- HaleyvilleTropical storm · 5 mi
- Phil CampbellTropical storm · 5 mi
- Spruce PineTropical storm · 13 mi
- Double SpringsTropical storm · 18 mi
- JasperTropical storm · 36 mi
- EmpireTropical storm · 50 mi
- SumitonTropical storm · 50 mi
- DoraTropical storm · 52 mi
- Mount OliveTropical storm · 62 mi
- MorrisTropical storm · 62 mi
- GardendaleTropical storm · 64 mi
- FultondaleTropical storm · 67 mi
- BirminghamTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1879 season
- Unnamed (AL021879)Category 3 · 829 cities
- Unnamed (AL031879)Category 2 · 290 cities
- Unnamed (AL051879)Tropical storm · 173 cities
- Unnamed (AL061879)Tropical storm · 110 cities
- Unnamed (AL071879)Category 1 · 175 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.