NHC AL051873 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1873
September 26, 1873 – October 10, 1873
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1873 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 122 US cities, 122 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1873 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1873 (AL051873) from September 26, 1873 to October 10, 1873; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 7 at 115 mph (Category 3), 7 miles from St James City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 122 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 8 miles from Sanibel, FL; the centre came closest to Grant, FL, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 122
- At hurricane strength
- 122
- States
- 1
115 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1873 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (122)
- SanibelCategory 3 · 8 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 3 · 48 mi
- St James CityCategory 3 · 3 mi
- BokeeliaCategory 3 · 6 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 3 · 14 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 3 · 25 mi
- NaplesCategory 3 · 36 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 3 · 12 mi
- EsteroCategory 3 · 21 mi
- PlacidaCategory 3 · 21 mi
- Rotonda WestCategory 3 · 22 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 3 · 28 mi
- VeniceCategory 3 · 38 mi
- NokomisCategory 3 · 43 mi
- OspreyCategory 3 · 47 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Port CharlotteCategory 3 · 22 mi
- North PortCategory 3 · 28 mi
- SarasotaCategory 3 · 54 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 3 · 64 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 3 · 14 mi
- AlvaCategory 3 · 14 mi
- Lehigh AcresCategory 3 · 18 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 3 · 39 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 3 · 55 mi
- University ParkCategory 3 · 57 mi
- BradentonCategory 3 · 63 mi
- EllentonCategory 3 · 64 mi
- PalmettoCategory 3 · 68 mi
- Myakka CityCategory 2 · 46 mi
- ParrishCategory 2 · 63 mi
- LabelleCategory 2 · 20 mi
- ArcadiaCategory 2 · 21 mi
- WimaumaCategory 2 · 65 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 2 · 67 mi
- RuskinCategory 2 · 71 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 2 · 72 mi
- GibsontonCategory 2 · 74 mi
- Moore HavenCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Zolfo SpringsCategory 2 · 29 mi
- WauchulaCategory 2 · 36 mi
- ClewistonCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Bowling GreenCategory 2 · 45 mi
- LithiaCategory 2 · 62 mi
- ValricoCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Lake PlacidCategory 2 · 5 mi
- South BayCategory 2 · 55 mi
- MulberryCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Plant CityCategory 2 · 73 mi
- DoverCategory 2 · 75 mi
- SebringCategory 2 · 16 mi
- Avon ParkCategory 2 · 26 mi
- Fort MeadeCategory 2 · 45 mi
- PahokeeCategory 2 · 49 mi
- BartowCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 2 · 56 mi
- FrostproofCategory 2 · 34 mi
- Eagle LakeCategory 2 · 55 mi
and 62 more
Other storms of the 1873 season
- Unnamed (AL011873)Tropical storm · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL031873)Category 1 · 288 cities
- Unnamed (AL041873)Tropical storm · 209 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.