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The unnamed hurricane of 1851

Aug 16, 1851 to Aug 27, 1851Peak 115 mph

The unnamed hurricane of 1851 passed within 50 miles of 184 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Bay County, FL, as a Category 3 on August 23, 1851.

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Unnamed hurricane · 1851

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Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Category 3
115 mph, 100 kt
Counties within 50 miles
184
AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
Counties within 100 miles
319
AL, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, SC, VA
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 3
Bay County, FL, 0.0 mi, Aug 23, 1851
Landfalls recorded
1
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Calhoun CountySC0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Lenoir CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Sampson CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Miller CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Barnwell CountySC0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Robeson CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Duplin CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Dillon CountySC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Dodge CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Crisp CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Worth CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Pulaski CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Jefferson CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Laurens CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Martin CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Wilcox CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Seminole CountyGA0.0Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Bay CountyFL0.0Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Johnson CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Orangeburg CountySC0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Camden CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Sumter CountySC0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Greene CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Bladen CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Burke CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Jackson CountyFL0.0Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Baker CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Dougherty CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Calhoun CountyFL0.0Category 2Aug 23, 1851
Florence CountySC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Pitt CountyNC0.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Perquimans CountyNC0.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Marion CountySC1.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Lee CountySC1.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Bertie CountyNC1.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Washington CountyNC1.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Emanuel CountyGA2.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Currituck CountyNC2.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Wayne CountyNC3.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Decatur CountyGA3.0Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Washington CountyGA3.5Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Lee CountyGA3.7Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Dooly CountyGA3.8Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Richland CountySC3.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Clarendon CountySC4.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Chowan CountyNC5.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Bleckley CountyGA5.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Beaufort CountyNC5.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Bamberg CountySC5.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Mitchell CountyGA5.7Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Pasquotank CountyNC6.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Marlboro CountySC6.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Aiken CountySC6.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Jenkins CountyGA6.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Cumberland CountyNC7.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Darlington CountySC7.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Turner CountyGA7.7Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Early CountyGA7.8Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Calhoun CountyGA8.6Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Columbus CountyNC8.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Richmond CountyGA9.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Washington CountyFL9.3Category 2Aug 23, 1851
Virginia Beach cityVA9.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Gulf CountyFL9.5Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Allendale CountySC9.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Gadsden CountyFL10.4Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Lexington CountySC10.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Treutlen CountyGA10.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Williamsburg CountySC10.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Sumter CountyGA11.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Craven CountyNC11.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Liberty CountyFL11.5Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Houston CountyAL11.7Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Terrell CountyGA11.7Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Tyrrell CountyNC13.3Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Wilkinson CountyGA13.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Edgecombe CountyNC13.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Horry CountySC14.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Grady CountyGA14.1Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Twiggs CountyGA14.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Ben Hill CountyGA14.6Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Dare CountyNC15.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Houston CountyGA15.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Jones CountyNC15.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Johnston CountyNC15.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Screven CountyGA15.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Wilson CountyNC16.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Gates CountyNC17.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Colquitt CountyGA17.7Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Chesapeake cityVA17.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Hyde CountyNC18.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Scotland CountyNC18.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Tift CountyGA19.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Irwin CountyGA19.1Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Hertford CountyNC19.3Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Telfair CountyGA19.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Randolph CountyGA20.3Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Wheeler CountyGA20.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Walton CountyFL21.2Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Pender CountyNC21.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Kershaw CountySC21.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Hoke CountyNC21.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Glascock CountyGA23.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Onslow CountyNC23.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Macon CountyGA24.1Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Thomas CountyGA24.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Montgomery CountyGA24.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Halifax CountyNC24.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Chesterfield CountySC24.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Harnett CountyNC25.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Holmes CountyFL25.4Category 2Aug 23, 1851
Warren CountyGA26.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Bulloch CountyGA26.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Clay CountyGA26.6Category 1Aug 24, 1851
McDuffie CountyGA26.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Candler CountyGA26.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Columbia CountyGA27.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Dorchester CountySC27.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Edgefield CountySC27.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Toombs CountyGA27.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Berkeley CountySC28.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Baldwin CountyGA28.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Henry CountyAL28.5Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Suffolk cityVA29.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Colleton CountySC30.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Northampton CountyNC30.3Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Webster CountyGA30.3Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Peach CountyGA30.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Geneva CountyAL30.9Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Nash CountyNC31.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Hampton CountySC31.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Schley CountyGA31.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Saluda CountySC32.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Bibb CountyGA32.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Pamlico CountyNC33.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Hancock CountyGA33.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Richmond CountyNC33.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Leon CountyFL34.2Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Georgetown CountySC35.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
McCormick CountySC35.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Franklin CountyFL35.4Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Norfolk cityVA35.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Jones CountyGA36.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Wakulla CountyFL36.0Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Tattnall CountyGA36.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Coffee CountyGA36.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Berrien CountyGA36.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Portsmouth cityVA37.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Cook CountyGA37.7Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Moore CountyNC38.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Crawford CountyGA38.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Fairfield CountySC38.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Brunswick CountyNC39.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Stewart CountyGA39.4Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Marion CountyGA40.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Jeff Davis CountyGA40.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Taylor CountyGA41.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Dale CountyAL41.6Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Newberry CountySC41.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Southampton CountyVA41.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Brooks CountyGA42.4Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Northampton CountyVA42.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Quitman CountyGA43.3Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Anson CountyNC43.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Wake CountyNC43.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Lincoln CountyGA43.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Franklin CountyNC44.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Evans CountyGA44.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Lancaster CountySC44.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
New Hanover CountyNC45.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Okaloosa CountyFL45.6Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Isle of Wight CountyVA46.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Franklin cityVA46.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Effingham CountyGA46.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Hampton cityVA47.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Lee CountyNC48.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Atkinson CountyGA48.1Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Jefferson CountyFL48.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Putnam CountyGA48.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Wilkes CountyGA48.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Appling CountyGA49.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Taliaferro CountyGA49.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Jasper CountySC50.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Newport News cityVA50.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Carteret CountyNC50.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Barbour CountyAL51.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Monroe CountyGA52.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Greenwood CountySC52.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Chatham CountyNC52.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Greensville CountyVA52.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Coffee CountyAL53.4Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Montgomery CountyNC53.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Lowndes CountyGA53.8Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Poquoson cityVA54.3Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Chattahoochee CountyGA54.6Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Greene CountyGA54.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Accomack CountyVA55.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Jasper CountyGA56.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Charleston CountySC56.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Union CountyNC56.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Bacon CountyGA56.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
York CountyVA57.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Chester CountySC57.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Warren CountyNC57.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Beaufort CountySC58.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Upson CountyGA58.4Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Bryan CountyGA60.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Talbot CountyGA60.4Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Lanier CountyGA60.8Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Russell CountyAL62.8Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Covington CountyAL62.8Category 2Aug 23, 1851
Surry CountyVA63.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Laurens CountySC63.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Lamar CountyGA64.5Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Sussex CountyVA64.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Granville CountyNC65.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Gloucester CountyVA65.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Mathews CountyVA65.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Morgan CountyGA65.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Santa Rosa CountyFL65.7Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Monroe CountyFL65.8Category 1Aug 21, 1851
Long CountyGA65.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Liberty CountyGA65.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Madison CountyFL66.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Durham CountyNC66.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Ware CountyGA66.5Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Clinch CountyGA66.8Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Butts CountyGA67.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Brunswick CountyVA67.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Stanly CountyNC67.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Emporia cityVA67.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
James City CountyVA67.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Abbeville CountySC67.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Union CountySC67.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Muscogee CountyGA68.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Wayne CountyGA68.5Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Oglethorpe CountyGA68.9Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Vance CountyNC69.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Elbert CountyGA69.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Worcester CountyMD70.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Escambia CountyFL70.6Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Randolph CountyNC71.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Pike CountyAL71.7Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Taylor CountyFL72.7Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Orange CountyNC72.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Chatham CountyGA73.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Harris CountyGA73.4Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Williamsburg cityVA74.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
York CountySC74.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Pike CountyGA75.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Nantucket CountyMA76.0Tropical stormAug 26, 1851
Mecklenburg CountyVA76.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Bullock CountyAL76.6Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Newton CountyGA77.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Pierce CountyGA77.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Spalding CountyGA79.1Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Echols CountyGA79.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Alamance CountyNC79.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Middlesex CountyVA79.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Hamilton CountyFL79.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Meriwether CountyGA79.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Oconee CountyGA80.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Prince George CountyVA80.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Charles City CountyVA80.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Somerset CountyMD81.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Dinwiddie CountyVA81.3Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Lee CountyAL82.1Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Henry CountyGA82.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Crenshaw CountyAL82.5Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Lancaster CountyVA82.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Mecklenburg CountyNC83.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Cabarrus CountyNC83.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Spartanburg CountySC84.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Escambia CountyAL85.3Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Sussex CountyDE85.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Walton CountyGA85.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
King and Queen CountyVA85.6Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Person CountyNC85.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Clarke CountyGA86.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Macon CountyAL87.3Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Davidson CountyNC87.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Northumberland CountyVA87.8Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Madison CountyGA87.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
New Kent CountyVA87.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Wicomico CountyMD88.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Lunenburg CountyVA88.5Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Anderson CountySC89.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Cherokee CountySC89.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Petersburg cityVA90.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Rowan CountyNC91.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Greenville CountySC91.4Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Guilford CountyNC92.7Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Brantley CountyGA92.7Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Rockdale CountyGA93.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
King William CountyVA93.3Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Dukes CountyMA93.7Tropical stormAug 26, 1851
Troup CountyGA93.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Hopewell cityVA94.0Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Conecuh CountyAL94.2Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Baldwin CountyAL94.3Category 3Aug 23, 1851
Barnstable CountyMA94.6Tropical stormAug 26, 1851
Chesterfield CountyVA94.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
McIntosh CountyGA95.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Colonial Heights cityVA95.1Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Hart CountyGA95.3Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Lafayette CountyFL95.6Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Fayette CountyGA95.8Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Nottoway CountyVA95.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Coweta CountyGA96.6Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Clayton CountyGA97.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Suwannee CountyFL97.2Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Gaston CountyNC97.2Tropical stormAug 24, 1851
Charlton CountyGA97.9Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Caswell CountyNC97.9Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Halifax CountyVA98.2Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Henrico CountyVA98.4Tropical stormAug 25, 1851
Montgomery CountyAL98.5Category 2Aug 24, 1851
Chambers CountyAL99.0Category 1Aug 24, 1851
Jackson CountyGA100.0Tropical stormAug 24, 1851

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.