NHC AL061860 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1860
September 30, 1860 – October 3, 1860
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1860 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 368 US cities, 127 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1860 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1860 (AL061860) from September 30, 1860 to October 3, 1860; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 2 at 104 mph (Category 2), 15 miles from Patterson, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 368 US cities, in 5 states, most in Mississippi (180) and Louisiana (141). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 5 miles from Patterson, LA; the centre came closest to Grenada, MS, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 368
- At hurricane strength
- 127
- States
- 5
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1860 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (141)
- PattersonCategory 2 · 5 mi
- HoumaCategory 2 · 41 mi
- ChauvinCategory 2 · 48 mi
- MontegutCategory 2 · 53 mi
- LaroseCategory 2 · 57 mi
- Cut OffCategory 2 · 64 mi
- GallianoCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 2 · 71 mi
- GueydanCategory 2 · 72 mi
- FranklinCategory 2 · 8 mi
- BerwickCategory 2 · 10 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 2 · 13 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 2 · 48 mi
- KaplanCategory 2 · 58 mi
- DelcambreCategory 2 · 38 mi
- ErathCategory 2 · 41 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 2 · 20 mi
- New IberiaCategory 2 · 30 mi
- SchrieverCategory 2 · 32 mi
- GrayCategory 2 · 36 mi
- LockportCategory 2 · 54 mi
- MorseCategory 2 · 72 mi
- RacelandCategory 2 · 45 mi
- MauriceCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 2 · 7 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 2 · 32 mi
- BroussardCategory 2 · 40 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 2 · 42 mi
- CrowleyCategory 2 · 66 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 2 · 18 mi
- Saint MartinvilleCategory 2 · 32 mi
- LafayetteCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 2 · 53 mi
- DusonCategory 2 · 53 mi
- RayneCategory 2 · 60 mi
- ScottCategory 2 · 51 mi
- IotaCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 1 · 12 mi
- VacherieCategory 1 · 34 mi
- BoutteCategory 1 · 54 mi
- White CastleCategory 1 · 5 mi
- DonaldsonvilleCategory 1 · 15 mi
- PaulinaCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Breaux BridgeCategory 1 · 38 mi
- CarencroCategory 1 · 49 mi
- LulingCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Church PointCategory 1 · 60 mi
- MarreroCategory 1 · 71 mi
- HarveyCategory 1 · 73 mi
- LutcherCategory 1 · 34 mi
- GramercyCategory 1 · 34 mi
- NorcoCategory 1 · 51 mi
- HahnvilleCategory 1 · 52 mi
- SunsetCategory 1 · 52 mi
- DestrehanCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Saint RoseCategory 1 · 58 mi
- HarahanCategory 1 · 64 mi
- WestwegoCategory 1 · 66 mi
- EuniceCategory 1 · 73 mi
- GretnaCategory 1 · 75 mi
and 81 more
Mississippi (180)
- WoodvilleCategory 1 · 24 mi
- CentrevilleTropical storm · 8 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 7 mi
- GlosterTropical storm · 6 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 27 mi
- MccombTropical storm · 26 mi
- TylertownTropical storm · 45 mi
- Sandy HookTropical storm · 62 mi
- MeadvilleTropical storm · 5 mi
- SmithdaleTropical storm · 10 mi
- RoxieTropical storm · 16 mi
- SummitTropical storm · 23 mi
- NatchezTropical storm · 32 mi
- FoxworthTropical storm · 56 mi
- Bogue ChittoTropical storm · 20 mi
- JayessTropical storm · 38 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 61 mi
- BrookhavenTropical storm · 18 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 19 mi
- SumrallTropical storm · 70 mi
- WessonTropical storm · 18 mi
- LormanTropical storm · 23 mi
- MonticelloTropical storm · 37 mi
- Silver CreekTropical storm · 42 mi
- BassfieldTropical storm · 60 mi
- HazlehurstTropical storm · 13 mi
- Port GibsonTropical storm · 20 mi
- NewhebronTropical storm · 41 mi
- PrentissTropical storm · 50 mi
- SeminaryTropical storm · 74 mi
- Mount OliveTropical storm · 58 mi
- CollinsTropical storm · 66 mi
- UticaTropical storm · 3 mi
- Crystal SpringsTropical storm · 14 mi
- MageeTropical storm · 52 mi
- TaylorsvilleTropical storm · 71 mi
- TerryTropical storm · 13 mi
- VicksburgTropical storm · 21 mi
- FlorenceTropical storm · 25 mi
- BraxtonTropical storm · 35 mi
- MendenhallTropical storm · 44 mi
- MizeTropical storm · 62 mi
- RaymondTropical storm · 4 mi
- FlowoodTropical storm · 5 mi
- ByramTropical storm · 5 mi
- EdwardsTropical storm · 6 mi
- RichlandTropical storm · 20 mi
- RaleighTropical storm · 61 mi
- BoltonTropical storm · overhead
- ClintonTropical storm · 8 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 16 mi
- PearlTropical storm · 22 mi
- BrandonTropical storm · 29 mi
- LouinTropical storm · 74 mi
- FloraTropical storm · 4 mi
- MadisonTropical storm · 17 mi
- RidgelandTropical storm · 18 mi
- PelahatchieTropical storm · 37 mi
- MortonTropical storm · 46 mi
- BentoniaTropical storm · 3 mi
and 120 more
Arkansas (7)
- EudoraTropical storm · 60 mi
- Lake VillageTropical storm · 66 mi
- HelenaTropical storm · 67 mi
- West MemphisTropical storm · 68 mi
- West HelenaTropical storm · 70 mi
- MarionTropical storm · 71 mi
- HughesTropical storm · 73 mi
Tennessee (37)
- MiddletonTropical storm · 28 mi
- MoscowTropical storm · 29 mi
- RossvilleTropical storm · 36 mi
- RamerTropical storm · 38 mi
- BolivarTropical storm · 39 mi
- ColliervilleTropical storm · 41 mi
- SomervilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- OaklandTropical storm · 42 mi
- SelmerTropical storm · 43 mi
- WhitevilleTropical storm · 45 mi
- MichieTropical storm · 45 mi
- EadsTropical storm · 46 mi
- Bethel SpringsTropical storm · 47 mi
- GermantownTropical storm · 47 mi
- CordovaTropical storm · 50 mi
- MedonTropical storm · 52 mi
- CounceTropical storm · 52 mi
- ArlingtonTropical storm · 52 mi
- MasonTropical storm · 54 mi
- StantonTropical storm · 54 mi
- BartlettTropical storm · 55 mi
- AdamsvilleTropical storm · 55 mi
- HendersonTropical storm · 55 mi
- MemphisTropical storm · 55 mi
- PinsonTropical storm · 58 mi
- SavannahTropical storm · 61 mi
- BrownsvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- MillingtonTropical storm · 64 mi
- AtokaTropical storm · 64 mi
- BrightonTropical storm · 64 mi
- MunfordTropical storm · 65 mi
- CovingtonTropical storm · 67 mi
- Beech BluffTropical storm · 68 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 68 mi
- BellsTropical storm · 69 mi
- BurlisonTropical storm · 71 mi
- DrummondsTropical storm · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1860 season
- Unnamed (AL011860)Category 3 · 430 cities
- Unnamed (AL041860)Category 2 · 241 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.