The unnamed hurricane of 1865
Sep 6, 1865 to Sep 14, 1865Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1865 passed within 50 miles of 60 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a Category 2 on September 13, 1865.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1865
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
- 60
- AR, LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 121
- AR, LA, OK, TX
- 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.
| Vernon Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Red River Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Clark County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Webster Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Bossier Parish | LA | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| De Soto Parish | LA | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AR | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Nevada County | AR | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Caddo Parish | LA | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | AR | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hot Spring County | AR | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | AR | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 13.9 | Category 1 |
| Shelby County | TX | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AR | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hempstead County | AR | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Grant County | AR | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AR | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| Allen Parish | LA | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 24.8 | Category 2 |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Garland County | AR | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | AR | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | AR | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union Parish | LA | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 30.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AR | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 33.1 | Category 1 |
| Saline County | AR | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 33.9 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | TX | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 34.4 | Category 1 |
| Angelina County | TX | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | TX | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Little River County | AR | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | TX | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | AR | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 41.8 | Category 2 |
| Howard County | AR | 43.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cass County | TX | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AR | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 48.8 | Category 2 |
| Bowie County | TX | 49.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sevier County | AR | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 51.9 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | AR | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | AR | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 55.9 | Category 2 |
| Yell County | AR | 55.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rusk County | TX | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | AR | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | AR | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 58.8 | Category 1 |
| Galveston County | TX | 60.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 60.2 | Category 1 |
| Drew County | AR | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ashley County | AR | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 62.1 | Category 1 |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lonoke County | AR | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | AR | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Faulkner County | AR | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 69.4 | Category 2 |
| Gregg County | TX | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 72.3 | Tropical storm |
| Conway County | AR | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Arkansas County | AR | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pope County | AR | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richland Parish | LA | 78.2 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | TX | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| McCurtain County | OK | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 79.2 | Category 1 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 79.2 | Category 2 |
| Trinity County | TX | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Upshur County | TX | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | TX | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Logan County | AR | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Prairie County | AR | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camp County | TX | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 87.8 | Category 2 |
| Titus County | TX | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| White County | AR | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 89.2 | Category 2 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 89.5 | Category 2 |
| Red River County | TX | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Le Flore County | OK | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | TX | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chicot County | AR | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | AR | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 96.6 | Category 1 |
| Sebastian County | AR | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AR | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Van Buren County | AR | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AR | 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.