The unnamed hurricane of 1860
Sep 11, 1860 to Sep 16, 1860Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1860 passed within 50 miles of 56 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 2 on September 15, 1860.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1860
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 56
- AL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 115
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- 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.
| Choctaw County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Stone County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Clarke County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 1.9 | Category 2 |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 7.9 | Category 1 |
| George County | MS | 8.7 | Category 1 |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 9.7 | Category 2 |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 10.1 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | AL | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 13.5 | Category 1 |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 14.0 | Category 2 |
| Marengo County | AL | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 18.2 | Category 2 |
| Jasper County | MS | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 19.9 | Category 1 |
| Clarke County | AL | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 24.3 | Category 2 |
| Lowndes County | MS | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 27.8 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 35.7 | Category 1 |
| Lamar County | AL | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 38.2 | Category 1 |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 38.9 | Category 2 |
| Smith County | MS | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 45.1 | Category 2 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 45.2 | Category 2 |
| Clay County | MS | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 45.8 | Category 1 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 46.4 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | AL | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 62.9 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | AL | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 63.8 | Category 2 |
| Choctaw County | MS | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 65.7 | Category 2 |
| Autauga County | AL | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 67.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 68.4 | Category 2 |
| Escambia County | AL | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 68.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 69.4 | Category 1 |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 72.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 72.7 | Category 2 |
| Itawamba County | MS | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 77.2 | Category 1 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 78.4 | Category 2 |
| Lowndes County | AL | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 81.4 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | MS | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | AL | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | MS | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 85.4 | Category 1 |
| Coosa County | AL | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Talladega County | AL | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 88.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 89.5 | Category 2 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 90.3 | Category 2 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 91.2 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | AL | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 95.3 | Category 2 |
| Carroll County | MS | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 97.4 | Category 2 |
| Montgomery County | AL | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 98.4 | Category 1 |
| Grenada County | MS | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | MS | 99.3 | 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.