NHC AL041880 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1880
August 24, 1880 – September 1, 1880
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1880 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 375 US cities, 89 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1880 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1880 (AL041880) from August 24, 1880 to September 1, 1880; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 29 at 104 mph (Category 2), 2 miles from Indian Harbour Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 375 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (259) and Alabama (76). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 2 miles from Indian Harbour Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Miramar Beach, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 375
- At hurricane strength
- 89
- States
- 3
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1880 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (259)
- Indian Harbour BeachCategory 2 · 2 mi
- IndialanticCategory 2 · 6 mi
- Melbourne BeachCategory 2 · 12 mi
- Palm BayCategory 2 · 15 mi
- MalabarCategory 2 · 15 mi
- GrantCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Barefoot BayCategory 2 · 21 mi
- SebastianCategory 2 · 26 mi
- FellsmereCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Vero BeachCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Fort PierceCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Port St LucieCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Jensen BeachCategory 2 · 59 mi
- StuartCategory 2 · 65 mi
- Palm CityCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Hobe SoundCategory 2 · 70 mi
- OkeechobeeCategory 2 · 65 mi
- MelbourneCategory 2 · 5 mi
- Cocoa BeachCategory 2 · 8 mi
- Cape CanaveralCategory 2 · 13 mi
- Merritt IslandCategory 2 · 11 mi
- RockledgeCategory 2 · 6 mi
- CocoaCategory 1 · 12 mi
- TitusvilleCategory 1 · 23 mi
- HarmonyCategory 1 · 8 mi
- MimsCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Oak HillCategory 1 · 42 mi
- EdgewaterCategory 1 · 47 mi
- EastpointCategory 1 · 5 mi
- ApalachicolaCategory 1 · 6 mi
- CarrabelleCategory 1 · 17 mi
- PanaceaCategory 1 · 29 mi
- CrawfordvilleCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Cross CityCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Old TownCategory 1 · 48 mi
- New Smyrna BeachCategory 1 · 50 mi
- PerryCategory 1 · 50 mi
- MidwayCategory 1 · 58 mi
- BellCategory 1 · 59 mi
- TallahasseeCategory 1 · 60 mi
- HavanaCategory 1 · 66 mi
- BranfordCategory 1 · 67 mi
- MayoCategory 1 · 67 mi
- O BrienCategory 1 · 73 mi
- QuincyCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Lake PlacidCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Fort WhiteCategory 1 · 73 mi
- ChuluotaCategory 1 · 23 mi
- GenevaCategory 1 · 30 mi
- BristolCategory 1 · 36 mi
- ChieflandCategory 1 · 40 mi
- TrentonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- ChattahoocheeCategory 1 · 60 mi
- SebringCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Port St JoeCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Saint CloudCategory 1 · 6 mi
- WewahitchkaCategory 1 · 10 mi
- OsteenCategory 1 · 36 mi
- BlountstownCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Port OrangeCategory 1 · 53 mi
and 199 more
Alabama (76)
- CottonwoodTropical storm · 70 mi
- FloralaTropical storm · 40 mi
- SamsonTropical storm · 52 mi
- GenevaTropical storm · 54 mi
- KinstonTropical storm · 55 mi
- OppTropical storm · 57 mi
- ChancellorTropical storm · 62 mi
- HartfordTropical storm · 62 mi
- SlocombTropical storm · 67 mi
- ElbaTropical storm · 71 mi
- EnterpriseTropical storm · 72 mi
- DalevilleTropical storm · 73 mi
- New BrocktonTropical storm · 74 mi
- NewtonTropical storm · 75 mi
- LillianTropical storm · 34 mi
- ElbertaTropical storm · 39 mi
- Orange BeachTropical storm · 44 mi
- AndalusiaTropical storm · 52 mi
- Gulf ShoresTropical storm · 52 mi
- FoleyTropical storm · 44 mi
- BrantleyTropical storm · 71 mi
- RobertsdaleTropical storm · 33 mi
- SilverhillTropical storm · 40 mi
- SummerdaleTropical storm · 41 mi
- Red LevelTropical storm · 51 mi
- FlomatonTropical storm · 6 mi
- BrewtonTropical storm · 16 mi
- LoxleyTropical storm · 35 mi
- FairhopeTropical storm · 47 mi
- EvergreenTropical storm · 38 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 39 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 41 mi
- CodenTropical storm · 66 mi
- AtmoreTropical storm · 2 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 24 mi
- GeorgianaTropical storm · 56 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · 58 mi
- IrvingtonTropical storm · 63 mi
- GreenvilleTropical storm · 70 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 43 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 44 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 44 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 51 mi
- Grand BayTropical storm · 67 mi
- Frisco CityTropical storm · 18 mi
- MonroevilleTropical storm · 25 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 37 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 40 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 44 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 50 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 25 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 37 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 51 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 20 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 35 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · overhead
- Grove HillTropical storm · 12 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 21 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 49 mi
- Pine HillTropical storm · 34 mi
and 16 more
Mississippi (40)
- Moss PointTropical storm · 75 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 59 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 64 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 36 mi
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 30 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 54 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 32 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 59 mi
- PetalTropical storm · 72 mi
- MoselleTropical storm · 71 mi
- ShubutaTropical storm · 30 mi
- LaurelTropical storm · 54 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- QuitmanTropical storm · 19 mi
- HeidelbergTropical storm · 42 mi
- UnionTropical storm · 50 mi
- ConehattaTropical storm · 55 mi
- PhiladelphiaTropical storm · 58 mi
- ForestTropical storm · 63 mi
- MaconTropical storm · 64 mi
- Walnut GroveTropical storm · 66 mi
- LouisvilleTropical storm · 73 mi
- MortonTropical storm · 74 mi
- TaylorsvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- EnterpriseTropical storm · 23 mi
- Bay SpringsTropical storm · 52 mi
- ToomsubaTropical storm · 2 mi
- LauderdaleTropical storm · 6 mi
- MeridianTropical storm · 8 mi
- LouinTropical storm · 45 mi
- MizeTropical storm · 69 mi
- HickoryTropical storm · 26 mi
- RaleighTropical storm · 60 mi
- BaileyTropical storm · 4 mi
- CollinsvilleTropical storm · 10 mi
- NewtonTropical storm · 32 mi
- De KalbTropical storm · 5 mi
- DecaturTropical storm · 26 mi
- LakeTropical storm · 41 mi
Other storms of the 1880 season
- Unnamed (AL011880)Tropical storm · 59 cities
- Unnamed (AL021880)Category 4 · 44 cities
- Unnamed (AL061880)Category 1 · 310 cities
- Unnamed (AL091880)Category 1 · 187 cities
- Unnamed (AL111880)Tropical storm · 254 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.