NHC AL091870 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1870
October 19, 1870 – October 22, 1870
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1870 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 102 US cities, 88 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1870 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1870 (AL091870) from October 19, 1870 to October 22, 1870; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 20 at 92 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Marco Island, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 102 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 7 miles from Marco Island, FL; the centre came closest to Immokalee, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 102
- At hurricane strength
- 88
- States
- 1
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1870 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (102)
- Marco IslandCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Key WestCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 1 · 73 mi
- NaplesCategory 1 · 5 mi
- SanibelCategory 1 · 33 mi
- St James CityCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 1 · 16 mi
- EsteroCategory 1 · 20 mi
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 1 · 27 mi
- BokeeliaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 1 · 28 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 1 · 37 mi
- PlacidaCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Rotonda WestCategory 1 · 62 mi
- EnglewoodCategory 1 · 68 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 1 · 37 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 1 · overhead
- Lehigh AcresCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Punta GordaCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Port CharlotteCategory 1 · 61 mi
- North PortCategory 1 · 67 mi
- AlvaCategory 1 · 24 mi
- LabelleCategory 1 · 18 mi
- DoralCategory 1 · 75 mi
- ArcadiaCategory 1 · 58 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 1 · 73 mi
- HialeahCategory 1 · 74 mi
- ClewistonCategory 1 · 4 mi
- WestonCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 1 · 68 mi
- MiramarCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Moore HavenCategory 1 · 8 mi
- South BayCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Lake PlacidCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 1 · 57 mi
- TamaracCategory 1 · 60 mi
- SunriseCategory 1 · 62 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 1 · 62 mi
- LauderhillCategory 1 · 63 mi
- PlantationCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Zolfo SpringsCategory 1 · 66 mi
- DavieCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 1 · 69 mi
- WauchulaCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 1 · 73 mi
- HollywoodCategory 1 · 74 mi
- PahokeeCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 1 · 19 mi
- SebringCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 1 · 60 mi
- MargateCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Avon ParkCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 1 · 67 mi
- OkeechobeeCategory 1 · 19 mi
and 42 more
Other storms of the 1870 season
- Unnamed (AL061870)Category 3 · 49 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.