The unnamed hurricane of 1867

Oct 2, 1867 to Oct 9, 1867Peak 104 mph

The unnamed hurricane of 1867 passed within 50 miles of 55 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 2 on October 5, 1867.

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Watch how it happened

Unnamed hurricane · 1867

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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

Peak strength
Category 2
104 mph, 90 kt
Counties within 50 miles
55
FL, GA, LA, TX
Counties within 100 miles
148
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 2
Plaquemines Parish, LA, 0.0 mi, Oct 5, 1867
Landfalls recorded
2
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
Bradford CountyFL0.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Duval CountyFL0.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Plaquemines ParishLA0.0Category 2Oct 5, 1867
Gilchrist CountyFL0.0Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Lafourche ParishLA0.0Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Dixie CountyFL0.0Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Clay CountyFL0.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Alachua CountyFL0.0Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Terrebonne ParishLA0.0Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Jefferson ParishLA2.3Category 2Oct 4, 1867
St. Johns CountyFL3.2Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Union CountyFL4.6Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Levy CountyFL4.8Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Cameron CountyTX4.9Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Columbia CountyFL5.1Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Taylor CountyFL5.2Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Baker CountyFL9.9Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Lafayette CountyFL10.6Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Suwannee CountyFL13.6Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Franklin CountyFL13.8Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Nassau CountyFL14.6Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Putnam CountyFL16.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Willacy CountyTX18.7Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Gulf CountyFL18.7Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Marion CountyFL22.5Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
St. Mary ParishLA22.5Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Charlton CountyGA23.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Iberia ParishLA25.8Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Camden CountyGA25.9Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Kenedy CountyTX26.7Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Vermilion ParishLA29.8Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Assumption ParishLA29.9Category 2Oct 4, 1867
St. Bernard ParishLA30.1Category 2Oct 5, 1867
St. Charles ParishLA34.1Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Cameron ParishLA34.3Category 2Oct 4, 1867
St. Martin ParishLA35.0Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Wakulla CountyFL35.1Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Bay CountyFL36.5Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Flagler CountyFL36.9Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Hamilton CountyFL38.1Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Liberty CountyFL39.6Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Jefferson CountyFL39.9Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Ware CountyGA40.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Glynn CountyGA43.5Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Brazoria CountyTX44.2Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Citrus CountyFL45.2Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Madison CountyFL45.6Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Orleans ParishLA46.2Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Clinch CountyGA46.3Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Galveston CountyTX46.3Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Matagorda CountyTX47.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
St. John the Baptist ParishLA47.5Category 2Oct 4, 1867
St. James ParishLA47.7Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Hidalgo CountyTX49.0Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Jefferson CountyTX49.1Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Kleberg CountyTX51.0Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Volusia CountyFL51.2Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Echols CountyGA51.4Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Leon CountyFL53.6Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Chambers CountyTX54.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Lake CountyFL55.2Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Calhoun CountyFL55.3Category 1Oct 6, 1867
McIntosh CountyGA55.8Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Calhoun CountyTX56.7Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Nueces CountyTX56.9Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Sumter CountyFL58.3Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Iberville ParishLA58.6Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Aransas CountyTX58.9Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Ascension ParishLA59.8Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Brantley CountyGA60.7Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Walton CountyFL61.2Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Orange CountyTX61.7Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Baldwin CountyAL64.2Category 1Oct 5, 1867
Lafayette ParishLA64.8Category 2Oct 4, 1867
St. Tammany ParishLA65.6Category 2Oct 5, 1867
Acadia ParishLA65.7Category 2Oct 4, 1867
San Patricio CountyTX65.7Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Jefferson Davis ParishLA66.0Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Jackson CountyMS66.0Category 2Oct 5, 1867
Gadsden CountyFL66.3Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Lowndes CountyGA66.8Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Mobile CountyAL67.0Category 1Oct 5, 1867
Livingston ParishLA67.5Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Calcasieu ParishLA67.6Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Hancock CountyMS67.6Category 2Oct 5, 1867
Hernando CountyFL67.7Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Escambia CountyFL67.8Category 1Oct 5, 1867
Liberty CountyGA68.6Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Washington CountyFL69.3Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Jackson CountyTX69.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Harrison CountyMS69.7Category 2Oct 5, 1867
Harris CountyTX69.9Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Wayne CountyGA71.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Brooks CountyTX71.2Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Brooks CountyGA71.2Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Okaloosa CountyFL71.3Category 1Oct 5, 1867
Refugio CountyTX71.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Tangipahoa ParishLA71.6Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Santa Rosa CountyFL71.6Category 1Oct 5, 1867
Thomas CountyGA75.9Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Fort Bend CountyTX76.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Pierce CountyGA76.5Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Chatham CountyGA77.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Liberty CountyTX77.0Category 2Oct 3, 1867
East Baton Rouge ParishLA77.1Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Bryan CountyGA77.8Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
West Baton Rouge ParishLA78.1Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Lanier CountyGA78.3Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Jackson CountyFL80.5Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Grady CountyGA80.7Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Long CountyGA81.2Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Wharton CountyTX81.2Category 2Oct 3, 1867
St. Landry ParishLA82.8Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Victoria CountyTX84.6Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Pasco CountyFL84.7Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Decatur CountyGA84.7Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Orange CountyFL85.6Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Hardin CountyTX86.0Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Newton CountyTX86.2Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Jim Wells CountyTX86.6Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Pearl River CountyMS87.0Category 2Oct 5, 1867
Seminole CountyFL87.2Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Jasper CountyTX87.7Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Jasper CountySC88.4Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Holmes CountyFL90.1Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Seminole CountyGA90.2Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Atkinson CountyGA90.2Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Beaufort CountySC90.4Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Starr CountyTX91.0Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Appling CountyGA92.0Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Charleston CountySC93.4Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Beauregard ParishLA93.6Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Allen ParishLA93.7Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Pointe Coupee ParishLA93.9Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Berrien CountyGA94.0Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Carteret CountyNC95.2Tropical stormOct 8, 1867
Evangeline ParishLA95.4Category 2Oct 4, 1867
Bacon CountyGA95.7Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Cook CountyGA96.2Tropical stormOct 6, 1867
Duval CountyTX96.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Bee CountyTX96.4Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Colleton CountySC96.5Tropical stormOct 7, 1867
Jim Hogg CountyTX97.0Category 2Oct 2, 1867
Brunswick CountyNC97.6Tropical stormOct 8, 1867
Goliad CountyTX99.2Category 2Oct 3, 1867
Colquitt CountyGA99.6Category 1Oct 6, 1867
Georgetown CountySC99.9Tropical stormOct 8, 1867
Pinellas CountyFL99.9Tropical stormOct 6, 1867

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.