NHC AL071865 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1865
October 18, 1865 – October 25, 1865
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1865 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 88 US cities, 88 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1865 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1865 (AL071865) from October 18, 1865 to October 25, 1865; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 23 at 104 mph (Category 2), 4 miles from Key West, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 88 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 2 miles from Key West, FL; the centre came closest to Palm Springs, FL, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 88
- At hurricane strength
- 88
- States
- 1
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1865 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (88)
- Key WestCategory 2 · 2 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 2 · 9 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 2 · 16 mi
- MarathonCategory 2 · 30 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 2 · 43 mi
- TavernierCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Key LargoCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 2 · 53 mi
- Florida CityCategory 2 · 28 mi
- NaplesCategory 2 · 63 mi
- HomesteadCategory 2 · 29 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 2 · 30 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 2 · 31 mi
- DoralCategory 2 · 20 mi
- MiamiCategory 2 · 25 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 2 · 27 mi
- South MiamiCategory 2 · 28 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 2 · 35 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 2 · 19 mi
- HialeahCategory 2 · 20 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 2 · 20 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 2 · 22 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 2 · 27 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 2 · 31 mi
- WestonCategory 2 · 7 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 2 · 14 mi
- DavieCategory 2 · 15 mi
- MiramarCategory 2 · 17 mi
- HollywoodCategory 2 · 21 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 2 · 24 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 2 · 24 mi
- AventuraCategory 2 · 25 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 2 · 26 mi
- North MiamiCategory 2 · 26 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 2 · 29 mi
- LabelleCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 1 · 6 mi
- TamaracCategory 1 · 9 mi
- SunriseCategory 1 · 9 mi
- MargateCategory 1 · 10 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 1 · 11 mi
- LauderhillCategory 1 · 12 mi
- PlantationCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 1 · 17 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 1 · 21 mi
- ClewistonCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 1 · 8 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 1 · 14 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 1 · 31 mi
- South BayCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Moore HavenCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 1 · overhead
- Palm BeachCategory 1 · overhead
and 28 more
Other storms of the 1865 season
- Unnamed (AL041865)Category 2 · 212 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.