NHC AL091891 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1891
October 12, 1891 – October 20, 1891
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1891 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 8 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1891 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1891 (AL091891) from October 12, 1891 to October 20, 1891; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 8 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 64 mph (tropical storm) 73 miles from Loiza, PR; the centre came closest to Vieques, PR, 54 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 8
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
86 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1891 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (8)
- LoizaTropical storm · 73 mi
- ViequesTropical storm · 54 mi
- FajardoTropical storm · 62 mi
- CeibaTropical storm · 64 mi
- LuquilloTropical storm · 65 mi
- NaguaboTropical storm · 70 mi
- Rio GrandeTropical storm · 71 mi
- Punta SantiagoTropical storm · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1891 season
- Unnamed (AL011891)Category 1 · 306 cities
- Unnamed (AL031891)Category 3 · 131 cities
- Unnamed (AL071891)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- Unnamed (AL081891)Tropical storm · 35 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.