The unnamed hurricane of 1860
Sep 30, 1860 to Oct 3, 1860Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1860 passed within 50 miles of 99 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near St. Mary Parish, LA, as a Category 2 on October 2, 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
- 99
- LA, MS, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 181
- AL, AR, LA, MO, MS, TN
- 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.
| Madison County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Holmes County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Marshall County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Grenada County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Benton County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | MS | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 3.7 | Category 1 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 4.0 | Category 2 |
| Montgomery County | MS | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 4.3 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | MS | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Leflore County | MS | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 6.1 | Category 2 |
| Union County | MS | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 7.1 | Category 1 |
| Tippah County | MS | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | MS | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 9.1 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 9.3 | Category 1 |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | MS | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | MS | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 14.9 | Category 1 |
| Webster County | MS | 16.6 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 16.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Issaquena County | MS | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 18.6 | Category 1 |
| Sharkey County | MS | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alcorn County | MS | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hardeman County | TN | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sunflower County | MS | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | MS | 22.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tate County | MS | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 23.6 | Category 2 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| McNairy County | TN | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | MS | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 29.8 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | MS | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 34.4 | Category 1 |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 35.3 | Category 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 35.4 | Category 2 |
| Washington Parish | LA | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TN | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 37.9 | Category 2 |
| Clay County | MS | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bolivar County | MS | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Coahoma County | MS | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | TN | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 42.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 43.4 | Category 1 |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 44.0 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | MS | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TN | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 46.1 | Category 1 |
| Winston County | MS | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tunica County | MS | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Haywood County | TN | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | TN | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chicot County | AR | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tipton County | TN | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 54.5 | Category 2 |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colbert County | AL | 55.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AL | 55.2 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 56.7 | Category 1 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 60.1 | Tropical storm |
| Phillips County | AR | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crittenden County | AR | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 62.8 | Category 1 |
| Lauderdale County | TN | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Henderson County | TN | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 65.2 | Category 1 |
| Lamar County | MS | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AR | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 65.9 | Category 1 |
| Noxubee County | MS | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | TN | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crockett County | TN | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ashley County | AR | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 69.4 | Category 1 |
| Decatur County | TN | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| St. Francis County | AR | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Arkansas County | AR | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mississippi County | AR | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 73.3 | Category 2 |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 74.3 | Category 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 75.1 | Category 1 |
| Gibson County | TN | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Drew County | AR | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 77.7 | Category 2 |
| Perry County | TN | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | TN | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AR | 79.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dyer County | TN | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cross County | AR | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 83.9 | Category 1 |
| Allen Parish | LA | 84.3 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | AL | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Poinsett County | AR | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | TN | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | AR | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AR | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 92.9 | Category 2 |
| Benton County | TN | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lewis County | TN | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Union Parish | LA | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Craighead County | AR | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pemiscot County | MO | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 96.4 | Tropical storm |
| Weakley County | TN | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 99.7 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | AL | 99.9 | 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.