NHC AL101886 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1886
October 8, 1886 – October 13, 1886
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 177 US cities, 61 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1886 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1886 (AL101886) from October 8, 1886 to October 13, 1886; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 12 at 121 mph (Category 3), 26 miles from Bridge City, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 177 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (93) and Texas (61). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 59 miles from Gueydan, LA; the centre came closest to Minden, LA, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 177
- At hurricane strength
- 61
- States
- 3
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (93)
- GueydanCategory 3 · 59 mi
- KaplanCategory 3 · 71 mi
- Lake ArthurCategory 3 · 50 mi
- MorseCategory 3 · 63 mi
- CrowleyCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Bell CityCategory 2 · 32 mi
- JenningsCategory 2 · 56 mi
- VintonCategory 1 · overhead
- SulphurCategory 1 · 14 mi
- WestlakeCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Lake CharlesCategory 1 · 24 mi
- IowaCategory 1 · 36 mi
- WelshCategory 1 · 47 mi
- IotaCategory 1 · 67 mi
- DequincyCategory 1 · 13 mi
- RagleyCategory 1 · 30 mi
- KinderCategory 1 · 46 mi
- EltonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- BasileCategory 1 · 62 mi
- EuniceCategory 1 · 73 mi
- MamouCategory 1 · 73 mi
- LongvilleCategory 1 · 23 mi
- OberlinCategory 1 · 54 mi
- MerryvilleCategory 1 · 6 mi
- OakdaleCategory 1 · 60 mi
- DeridderCategory 1 · 24 mi
- PitkinCategory 1 · 43 mi
- GlenmoraCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Fort PolkCategory 1 · 28 mi
- Forest HillCategory 1 · 69 mi
- New LlanoCategory 1 · 24 mi
- LeesvilleCategory 1 · 27 mi
- AnacocoTropical storm · 15 mi
- WoodworthTropical storm · 69 mi
- FlorienTropical storm · 12 mi
- BoyceTropical storm · 58 mi
- AlexandriaTropical storm · 70 mi
- ManyTropical storm · 5 mi
- PinevilleTropical storm · 73 mi
- ZwolleTropical storm · 3 mi
- BallTropical storm · 73 mi
- ColfaxTropical storm · 55 mi
- Dry ProngTropical storm · 63 mi
- PollockTropical storm · 72 mi
- RobelineTropical storm · 18 mi
- MontgomeryTropical storm · 43 mi
- NatchitochesTropical storm · 29 mi
- MansfieldTropical storm · 8 mi
- LogansportTropical storm · 25 mi
- CamptiTropical storm · 27 mi
- CoushattaTropical storm · 13 mi
- Grand CaneTropical storm · 15 mi
- WinnfieldTropical storm · 53 mi
- StonewallTropical storm · 17 mi
- Elm GroveTropical storm · overhead
- ShreveportTropical storm · 19 mi
- KeithvilleTropical storm · 22 mi
- GreenwoodTropical storm · 31 mi
- RinggoldTropical storm · 9 mi
- Barksdale AfbTropical storm · 12 mi
and 33 more
Texas (61)
- AnahuacCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Port ArthurCategory 2 · 23 mi
- GrovesCategory 1 · 21 mi
- WinnieCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Port NechesCategory 1 · 23 mi
- NederlandCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 1 · 15 mi
- OrangeCategory 1 · 11 mi
- BeaumontCategory 1 · 33 mi
- VidorCategory 1 · 24 mi
- Sour LakeCategory 1 · 48 mi
- LibertyCategory 1 · 70 mi
- LumbertonCategory 1 · 35 mi
- SilsbeeCategory 1 · 33 mi
- KountzeCategory 1 · 42 mi
- BunaCategory 1 · 20 mi
- KirbyvilleCategory 1 · 17 mi
- WarrenCategory 1 · 45 mi
- NewtonCategory 1 · 5 mi
- WoodvilleCategory 1 · 44 mi
- LivingstonCategory 1 · 73 mi
- JasperCategory 1 · 21 mi
- ColmesneilCategory 1 · 40 mi
- BrookelandCategory 1 · 17 mi
- ZavallaCategory 1 · 39 mi
- HuntingtonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- DibollCategory 1 · 64 mi
- CorriganCategory 1 · 65 mi
- LufkinCategory 1 · 62 mi
- BronsonTropical storm · 21 mi
- PollokTropical storm · 72 mi
- HemphillTropical storm · 5 mi
- San AugustineTropical storm · 31 mi
- NacogdochesTropical storm · 61 mi
- ShelbyvilleTropical storm · 18 mi
- CenterTropical storm · 35 mi
- CushingTropical storm · 75 mi
- GarrisonTropical storm · 55 mi
- TimpsonTropical storm · 49 mi
- Mount EnterpriseTropical storm · 65 mi
- JoaquinTropical storm · 29 mi
- TenahaTropical storm · 40 mi
- GaryTropical storm · 48 mi
- HendersonTropical storm · 74 mi
- CarthageTropical storm · 46 mi
- BeckvilleTropical storm · 55 mi
- De BerryTropical storm · 39 mi
- TatumTropical storm · 60 mi
- WaskomTropical storm · 37 mi
- MarshallTropical storm · 52 mi
- HallsvilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- HarletonTropical storm · 67 mi
- LongviewTropical storm · 74 mi
- KarnackTropical storm · 46 mi
- JeffersonTropical storm · 59 mi
- AvingerTropical storm · 72 mi
- LindenTropical storm · 68 mi
- AtlantaTropical storm · 62 mi
- Queen CityTropical storm · 63 mi
- TexarkanaTropical storm · 68 mi
and 1 more
Arkansas (23)
- TaylorTropical storm · 26 mi
- FoukeTropical storm · 50 mi
- TexarkanaTropical storm · 63 mi
- Junction CityTropical storm · 11 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 17 mi
- WaldoTropical storm · 26 mi
- SmackoverTropical storm · 14 mi
- El DoradoTropical storm · 15 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 27 mi
- StrongTropical storm · 32 mi
- HamptonTropical storm · 33 mi
- BeardenTropical storm · 40 mi
- PrescottTropical storm · 50 mi
- HopeTropical storm · 51 mi
- GurdonTropical storm · 51 mi
- FordyceTropical storm · 51 mi
- CrossettTropical storm · 54 mi
- WarrenTropical storm · 55 mi
- ArkadelphiaTropical storm · 64 mi
- HamburgTropical storm · 64 mi
- RisonTropical storm · 67 mi
- MonticelloTropical storm · 72 mi
- DonaldsonTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1886 season
- Unnamed (AL011886)Category 2 · 272 cities
- Unnamed (AL021886)Category 2 · 663 cities
- Unnamed (AL031886)Category 2 · 811 cities
- Unnamed (AL041886)Category 1 · 208 cities
- Unnamed (AL051886)Category 4 · 152 cities
- Unnamed (AL081886)Category 2 · 124 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.