The unnamed hurricane of 1856
Aug 25, 1856 to Sep 3, 1856Peak 115 mph969 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1856 passed within 50 miles of 151 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Walton County, FL, as a Category 2 on August 31, 1856.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1856
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 969 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 151
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 258
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- 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.
| Clarendon County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Dodge County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Screven County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Dougherty County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 1.1 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 1.9 | Category 1 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 4.2 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 4.6 | Category 1 |
| Duplin County | NC | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 6.1 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 6.7 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 7.5 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | SC | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 8.1 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | GA | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 10.7 | Category 1 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 17.2 | Category 1 |
| Grady County | GA | 17.5 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | GA | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 17.9 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | GA | 18.0 | Category 1 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 19.3 | Category 1 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 19.9 | Category 1 |
| Marlboro County | SC | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 21.9 | Category 1 |
| Gulf County | FL | 22.1 | Category 2 |
| Henry County | AL | 22.3 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 23.4 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 29.0 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 30.1 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 32.1 | Category 2 |
| Evans County | GA | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 34.6 | Category 1 |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 37.7 | Category 1 |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 38.7 | Category 1 |
| Appling County | GA | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 40.2 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | GA | 40.2 | Category 1 |
| Warren County | GA | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 41.5 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 43.8 | Category 1 |
| Edgefield County | SC | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 44.6 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | GA | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 45.9 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | FL | 46.0 | Category 2 |
| Bryan County | GA | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 47.5 | Category 1 |
| Atkinson County | GA | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 51.2 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 51.7 | Category 2 |
| Harnett County | NC | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 53.1 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 53.8 | Category 1 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 54.4 | Category 2 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 54.5 | Category 1 |
| Wilson County | NC | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 56.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 60.1 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 60.2 | Category 2 |
| Moore County | NC | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 60.6 | Category 1 |
| Talbot County | GA | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 64.6 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | GA | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 67.8 | Category 1 |
| Greenwood County | SC | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 69.5 | Category 1 |
| Union County | NC | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 72.2 | Category 2 |
| Bullock County | AL | 72.3 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | NC | 72.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 74.0 | Category 1 |
| Butts County | GA | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 79.1 | Category 1 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 79.3 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | NC | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 81.4 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | SC | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 82.1 | Category 1 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 82.4 | Category 2 |
| Spalding County | GA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | SC | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 83.8 | Category 1 |
| Abbeville County | SC | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 84.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 86.5 | Category 2 |
| York County | SC | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 91.0 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 92.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 92.2 | Category 1 |
| Oconee County | GA | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | GA | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 98.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 98.8 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 99.3 | Category 1 |
| Coweta County | GA | 99.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 99.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 99.6 | Category 1 |
| Southampton County | VA | 99.8 | Tropical storm |
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.