NHC AL061870 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1870
October 5, 1870 – October 14, 1870
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1870 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, 49 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1870 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1870 (AL061870) from October 5, 1870 to October 14, 1870; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 49 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 14 miles from Islamorada, FL.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 49
- At hurricane strength
- 49
- States
- 1
115 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1870 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (49)
- IslamoradaCategory 2 · 14 mi
- TavernierCategory 2 · 15 mi
- MarathonCategory 2 · 15 mi
- Key LargoCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 2 · 24 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Key WestCategory 2 · 33 mi
- Florida CityCategory 2 · 37 mi
- HomesteadCategory 2 · 38 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 2 · 44 mi
- South MiamiCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 2 · 48 mi
- MiamiCategory 2 · 49 mi
- North MiamiCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 2 · 50 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 2 · 51 mi
- AventuraCategory 2 · 51 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 2 · 53 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 2 · 54 mi
- HollywoodCategory 2 · 55 mi
- DoralCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 2 · 55 mi
- HialeahCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 2 · 56 mi
- MiramarCategory 2 · 58 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 2 · 60 mi
- DavieCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 2 · 63 mi
- PlantationCategory 2 · 64 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 2 · 65 mi
- LauderhillCategory 2 · 65 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 2 · 66 mi
- SunriseCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 2 · 68 mi
- MargateCategory 2 · 68 mi
- TamaracCategory 2 · 68 mi
- WestonCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 2 · 71 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 2 · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1870 season
- Unnamed (AL091870)Category 2 · 102 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.