NHC AL081859 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1859
October 24, 1859 – October 29, 1859
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1859 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 183 US cities, 183 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1859 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1859 (AL081859) from October 24, 1859 to October 29, 1859; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 28 at 92 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from St Pete Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 183 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 1 mile from St Pete Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Lakeland, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 183
- At hurricane strength
- 183
- States
- 1
92 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1859 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (183)
- St Pete BeachCategory 1 · 1 mi
- South PasadenaCategory 1 · 1 mi
- St PetersburgCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Pinellas ParkCategory 1 · 7 mi
- SeminoleCategory 1 · 9 mi
- LargoCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 1 · 15 mi
- ClearwaterCategory 1 · 15 mi
- PalmettoCategory 1 · 16 mi
- EllentonCategory 1 · 18 mi
- DunedinCategory 1 · 20 mi
- BradentonCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 1 · 23 mi
- University ParkCategory 1 · 27 mi
- SarasotaCategory 1 · 32 mi
- OspreyCategory 1 · 40 mi
- NokomisCategory 1 · 44 mi
- VeniceCategory 1 · 49 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Rotonda WestCategory 1 · 64 mi
- PlacidaCategory 1 · 67 mi
- BrandonCategory 1 · 1 mi
- GibsontonCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 1 · 6 mi
- RuskinCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Temple TerraceCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 1 · 11 mi
- TampaCategory 1 · 11 mi
- WimaumaCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Safety HarborCategory 1 · 16 mi
- LutzCategory 1 · 18 mi
- ParrishCategory 1 · 18 mi
- OldsmarCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Palm HarborCategory 1 · 22 mi
- OdessaCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 1 · 23 mi
- Land O LakesCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 1 · 27 mi
- TrinityCategory 1 · 28 mi
- HolidayCategory 1 · 29 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Myakka CityCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 1 · 35 mi
- HudsonCategory 1 · 38 mi
- North PortCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Port CharlotteCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 1 · 69 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · overhead
- ValricoCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Plant CityCategory 1 · 3 mi
- DoverCategory 1 · 3 mi
- SeffnerCategory 1 · 5 mi
- RiverviewCategory 1 · 8 mi
- MulberryCategory 1 · 10 mi
- ThonotosassaCategory 1 · 11 mi
- LithiaCategory 1 · 11 mi
- BartowCategory 1 · 13 mi
- ZephyrhillsCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Wesley ChapelCategory 1 · 21 mi
and 123 more
Other storms of the 1859 season
- Unnamed (AL031859)Category 1 · 17 cities
- Unnamed (AL051859)Category 1 · 1,145 cities
- Unnamed (AL071859)Tropical storm · 147 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.