NHC AL041886 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1886
July 14, 1886 – July 24, 1886
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 208 US cities, 87 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1886 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1886 (AL041886) from July 14, 1886 to July 24, 1886; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 19 at 81 mph (Category 1), 9 miles from Homosassa, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 208 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (200). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 16 miles from Weeki Wachee, FL; the centre came closest to Crystal River, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 208
- At hurricane strength
- 87
- States
- 2
86 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (200)
- Weeki WacheeCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 1 · 16 mi
- HolidayCategory 1 · 16 mi
- HudsonCategory 1 · 17 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 1 · 18 mi
- DunedinCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Palm HarborCategory 1 · 20 mi
- TrinityCategory 1 · 20 mi
- Spring HillCategory 1 · 20 mi
- SeminoleCategory 1 · 22 mi
- ClearwaterCategory 1 · 22 mi
- LargoCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Safety HarborCategory 1 · 24 mi
- OldsmarCategory 1 · 24 mi
- BrooksvilleCategory 1 · 25 mi
- OdessaCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Pinellas ParkCategory 1 · 27 mi
- St Pete BeachCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Land O LakesCategory 1 · 29 mi
- South PasadenaCategory 1 · 29 mi
- St PetersburgCategory 1 · 30 mi
- LutzCategory 1 · 34 mi
- TampaCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 1 · 36 mi
- San AntonioCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Wesley ChapelCategory 1 · 39 mi
- Temple TerraceCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Dade CityCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 1 · 42 mi
- PalmettoCategory 1 · 43 mi
- ThonotosassaCategory 1 · 44 mi
- BradentonCategory 1 · 46 mi
- RuskinCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 1 · 46 mi
- RiverviewCategory 1 · 46 mi
- GibsontonCategory 1 · 46 mi
- ZephyrhillsCategory 1 · 47 mi
- EllentonCategory 1 · 47 mi
- SeffnerCategory 1 · 47 mi
- BrandonCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 1 · 50 mi
- ParrishCategory 1 · 51 mi
- DoverCategory 1 · 52 mi
- SarasotaCategory 1 · 52 mi
- ValricoCategory 1 · 52 mi
- University ParkCategory 1 · 52 mi
- WimaumaCategory 1 · 53 mi
- OspreyCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Plant CityCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 1 · 55 mi
- NokomisCategory 1 · 57 mi
- VeniceCategory 1 · 60 mi
- LithiaCategory 1 · 60 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · 64 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Myakka CityCategory 1 · 66 mi
- MulberryCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Polk CityCategory 1 · 69 mi
and 140 more
Georgia (8)
- Saint GeorgeTropical storm · 54 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 52 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 64 mi
- FolkstonTropical storm · 69 mi
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 46 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 58 mi
- WaverlyTropical storm · 65 mi
- BrunswickTropical storm · 70 mi
Other storms of the 1886 season
- Unnamed (AL011886)Category 2 · 272 cities
- Unnamed (AL021886)Category 2 · 663 cities
- Unnamed (AL031886)Category 2 · 811 cities
- Unnamed (AL051886)Category 4 · 152 cities
- Unnamed (AL081886)Category 2 · 124 cities
- Unnamed (AL101886)Category 3 · 177 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.