NHC AL051876 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1876
October 12, 1876 – October 23, 1876
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1876 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 126 US cities, 126 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1876 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1876 (AL051876) from October 12, 1876 to October 23, 1876; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 20 at 104 mph (Category 2), 22 miles from Marco Island, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 126 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 11 miles from Key West, FL; the centre came closest to Vero Beach, FL, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 126
- At hurricane strength
- 126
- States
- 1
115 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1876 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (126)
- Key WestCategory 2 · 11 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 2 · 22 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 2 · 25 mi
- NaplesCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 2 · 33 mi
- MarathonCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Florida CityCategory 2 · 61 mi
- HomesteadCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 2 · 66 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- TavernierCategory 2 · 71 mi
- Key LargoCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 2 · 38 mi
- EsteroCategory 2 · 41 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 2 · 49 mi
- SanibelCategory 2 · 57 mi
- DoralCategory 2 · 58 mi
- St James CityCategory 2 · 60 mi
- MiamiCategory 2 · 63 mi
- South MiamiCategory 2 · 65 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 2 · 65 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 2 · 73 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Lehigh AcresCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 2 · 47 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 2 · 57 mi
- MiramarCategory 2 · 58 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 2 · 59 mi
- HialeahCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 2 · 62 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 2 · 65 mi
- AventuraCategory 2 · 66 mi
- North MiamiCategory 2 · 66 mi
- BokeeliaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 2 · 71 mi
- AlvaCategory 2 · 39 mi
- WestonCategory 2 · 48 mi
- SunriseCategory 2 · 51 mi
- PlantationCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 2 · 56 mi
- DavieCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 2 · 60 mi
- HollywoodCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 2 · 65 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- LabelleCategory 2 · 30 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 2 · 50 mi
- TamaracCategory 2 · 52 mi
- MargateCategory 2 · 53 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 2 · 54 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 2 · 54 mi
- LauderhillCategory 2 · 55 mi
and 66 more
Other storms of the 1876 season
- Unnamed (AL021876)Category 3 · 1,318 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.