NHC AL091880 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1880
October 5, 1880 – October 10, 1880
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1880 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 187 US cities, 146 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1880 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1880 (AL091880) from October 5, 1880 to October 10, 1880; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 8 at 81 mph (Category 1), 27 miles from Homosassa, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 187 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (182). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 13 miles from Homosassa, FL; the centre came closest to Elkton, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 187
- At hurricane strength
- 146
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1880 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (182)
- HomosassaCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Weeki WacheeCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Spring HillCategory 1 · 29 mi
- HudsonCategory 1 · 30 mi
- BrooksvilleCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 1 · 32 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 1 · 34 mi
- HolidayCategory 1 · 36 mi
- TrinityCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 1 · 41 mi
- Palm HarborCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Land O LakesCategory 1 · 42 mi
- DunedinCategory 1 · 43 mi
- OdessaCategory 1 · 44 mi
- San AntonioCategory 1 · 46 mi
- OldsmarCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Dade CityCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Safety HarborCategory 1 · 47 mi
- ClearwaterCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 1 · 47 mi
- LargoCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Wesley ChapelCategory 1 · 50 mi
- LutzCategory 1 · 50 mi
- SeminoleCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Pinellas ParkCategory 1 · 55 mi
- ZephyrhillsCategory 1 · 55 mi
- TampaCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Temple TerraceCategory 1 · 58 mi
- St Pete BeachCategory 1 · 59 mi
- ThonotosassaCategory 1 · 59 mi
- St PetersburgCategory 1 · 59 mi
- South PasadenaCategory 1 · 60 mi
- RiverviewCategory 1 · 62 mi
- SeffnerCategory 1 · 64 mi
- BrandonCategory 1 · 67 mi
- DoverCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Plant CityCategory 1 · 69 mi
- GibsontonCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 1 · 71 mi
- ValricoCategory 1 · 71 mi
- RuskinCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 1 · 73 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Crystal RiverCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Citrus SpringsCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Beverly HillsCategory 1 · 7 mi
- InglisCategory 1 · 8 mi
- HernandoCategory 1 · 10 mi
- LecantoCategory 1 · 12 mi
- InvernessCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Floral CityCategory 1 · 24 mi
- WebsterCategory 1 · 39 mi
- Cross CityCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Polk CityCategory 1 · 73 mi
- DunnellonCategory 1 · 2 mi
- MorristonCategory 1 · 13 mi
- WillistonCategory 1 · 17 mi
- OxfordCategory 1 · 23 mi
- Lake PanasoffkeeCategory 1 · 25 mi
- BronsonCategory 1 · 25 mi
and 122 more
Georgia (5)
- Saint GeorgeTropical storm · 63 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 74 mi
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 57 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 63 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1880 season
- Unnamed (AL011880)Tropical storm · 59 cities
- Unnamed (AL021880)Category 4 · 44 cities
- Unnamed (AL041880)Category 2 · 375 cities
- Unnamed (AL061880)Category 1 · 310 cities
- Unnamed (AL111880)Tropical storm · 254 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.