The unnamed hurricane of 1871
Aug 14, 1871 to Aug 23, 1871Peak 115 mph952 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1871 passed within 50 miles of 96 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Martin County, FL, as a Category 3 on August 17, 1871.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1871
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 96
- FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 137
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- 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.
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lake County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Ware County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Berrien County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Bradford County | FL | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 2.0 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 2.0 | Category 3 |
| Highlands County | FL | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Levy County | FL | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 4.2 | Category 1 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 9.9 | Category 2 |
| Citrus County | FL | 10.0 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | GA | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 12.9 | Category 1 |
| Pasco County | FL | 14.0 | Category 1 |
| Appling County | GA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 16.0 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | FL | 16.9 | Category 1 |
| Duval County | FL | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 20.6 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 20.9 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 22.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 23.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 23.4 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 23.9 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 27.6 | Category 2 |
| Crisp County | GA | 28.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 32.6 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 33.6 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 43.4 | Category 3 |
| Toombs County | GA | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 44.6 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 45.0 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 48.3 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 53.3 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 54.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 55.6 | Category 1 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 63.2 | Category 1 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 63.2 | Category 1 |
| Screven County | GA | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 66.3 | Category 2 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 66.7 | Category 3 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 67.8 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 95.4 | Category 3 |
| Columbus County | NC | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 99.6 | 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.