The unnamed hurricane of 1869
Sep 7, 1869 to Sep 9, 1869Peak 115 mph950 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1869 passed within 50 miles of 47 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Washington County, RI, as a Category 3 on September 8, 1869.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1869
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 47
- CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 72
- CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT
- 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.
| Washington County | RI | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Norfolk County | MA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Aroostook County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| York County | ME | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Somerset County | ME | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Oxford County | ME | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Piscataquis County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NH | 1.9 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | ME | 2.6 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 2.8 | Category 3 |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 3.7 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MA | 4.6 | Category 2 |
| New London County | CT | 5.2 | Category 3 |
| Middlesex County | MA | 5.6 | Category 2 |
| Providence County | RI | 5.7 | Category 2 |
| Bristol County | MA | 8.0 | Category 2 |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 8.4 | Category 1 |
| Strafford County | NH | 10.3 | Category 1 |
| Carroll County | NH | 10.6 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | ME | 10.7 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | RI | 14.4 | Category 3 |
| Newport County | RI | 15.9 | Category 3 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 16.1 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | MA | 16.4 | Category 2 |
| Plymouth County | MA | 16.4 | Category 2 |
| Windham County | CT | 17.2 | Category 3 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 20.2 | Category 1 |
| Merrimack County | NH | 20.7 | Category 1 |
| Belknap County | NH | 20.9 | Category 1 |
| Bristol County | RI | 22.8 | Category 2 |
| Penobscot County | ME | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 29.6 | Category 3 |
| Coos County | NH | 30.8 | Category 1 |
| Waldo County | ME | 31.5 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | ME | 31.5 | Category 1 |
| Tolland County | CT | 34.0 | Category 3 |
| New Haven County | CT | 37.4 | Category 3 |
| Hampden County | MA | 37.9 | Category 2 |
| Dukes County | MA | 38.9 | Category 3 |
| Hartford County | CT | 39.4 | Category 3 |
| Grafton County | NH | 41.0 | Category 1 |
| Cheshire County | NH | 42.5 | Category 1 |
| Hampshire County | MA | 42.7 | Category 2 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 45.8 | Category 2 |
| Knox County | ME | 47.6 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | MA | 49.7 | Category 2 |
| Sullivan County | NH | 52.6 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | VT | 61.8 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | ME | 62.1 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | CT | 63.5 | Category 3 |
| Litchfield County | CT | 68.4 | Category 3 |
| Windham County | VT | 69.1 | Category 1 |
| Caledonia County | VT | 71.9 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | NY | 71.9 | Category 3 |
| Nantucket County | MA | 72.4 | Category 3 |
| Windsor County | VT | 73.7 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | VT | 74.3 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | ME | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berkshire County | MA | 82.6 | Category 3 |
| Westchester County | NY | 83.7 | Category 3 |
| Orleans County | VT | 85.5 | Category 1 |
| Queens County | NY | 87.3 | Category 3 |
| Putnam County | NY | 89.2 | Category 3 |
| Bennington County | VT | 89.7 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | VT | 91.0 | Category 1 |
| Rutland County | VT | 92.0 | Category 1 |
| Dutchess County | NY | 92.2 | Category 3 |
| Kings County | NY | 92.8 | Category 3 |
| Ocean County | NJ | 93.5 | Category 3 |
| Bronx County | NY | 94.6 | Category 3 |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 96.8 | Category 3 |
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.