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NHC AL091867 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1867

October 27, 1867 – October 31, 1867

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1867 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1867 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1867 (AL091867) from October 27, 1867 to October 31, 1867; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 106 mph (Category 2) 16 miles from Vieques, PR; the centre came closest to Corozal, PR, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
86
At hurricane strength
86

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1867 storm passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Other storms of the 1867 season

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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.