The unnamed hurricane of 1876
Sep 12, 1876 to Sep 19, 1876Peak 115 mph980 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1876 passed within 50 miles of 186 counties in 9 states. It was strongest near Pender County, NC, as a Category 1 on September 17, 1876.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1876
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 980 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 186
- DC, FL, MD, NC, NY, PA, SC, VA, WV
- Counties within 100 miles
- 286
- DC, DE, FL, MD, NC, NY, PA, SC, VA, WV
- 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 | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Clinton County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Centre County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Steuben County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prince William County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Onondaga County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Seneca County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Potter County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Huntingdon County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oneida County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Loudoun County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Yates County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cayuga County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Caroline County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| King George County | VA | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 2.4 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Hanover County | VA | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Stafford County | VA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | WV | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mifflin County | PA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clearfield County | PA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 4.0 | Category 1 |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Frederick County | MD | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Blair County | PA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MD | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | PA | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ontario County | NY | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allegany County | NY | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston County | NY | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Petersburg city | VA | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Halifax County | NC | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Charles City County | VA | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax County | VA | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Manassas city | VA | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tioga County | PA | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | PA | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | WV | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 7.4 | Category 1 |
| Sussex County | VA | 7.5 | Category 1 |
| Fauquier County | VA | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 7.5 | Category 1 |
| King and Queen County | VA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Manassas Park city | VA | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 8.0 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | NC | 9.2 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 9.5 | Category 1 |
| Fredericksburg city | VA | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 9.7 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | VA | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 10.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 10.4 | Category 1 |
| Cortland County | NY | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Schuyler County | NY | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 10.9 | Category 1 |
| Oswego County | NY | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tompkins County | NY | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Juniata County | PA | 11.6 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 11.6 | Category 1 |
| Emporia city | VA | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Charles County | MD | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lycoming County | PA | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 13.7 | Category 1 |
| Cambria County | PA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | VA | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NY | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax city | VA | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bedford County | PA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Elk County | PA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | PA | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 17.1 | Category 1 |
| Chenango County | NY | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | PA | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 18.5 | Category 1 |
| Culpeper County | VA | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | WV | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | PA | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Alexandria city | VA | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George's County | MD | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 19.8 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 20.4 | Category 1 |
| Gates County | NC | 20.5 | Category 1 |
| Powhatan County | VA | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 20.7 | Category 1 |
| McKean County | PA | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Falls Church city | VA | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 21.8 | Category 1 |
| Amelia County | VA | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| James City County | VA | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MD | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Arlington County | VA | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 23.1 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | VA | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| District of Columbia | DC | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Frederick County | VA | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Louisa County | VA | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | VA | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 24.6 | Category 1 |
| Chemung County | NY | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wyoming County | NY | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 26.3 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | NY | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Howard County | MD | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rappahannock County | VA | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 28.1 | Category 1 |
| Lewis County | NY | 29.1 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allegany County | MD | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 30.7 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | VA | 30.8 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cattaraugus County | NY | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Winchester city | VA | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 32.2 | Category 1 |
| Broward County | FL | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tioga County | NY | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 33.2 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 33.9 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 33.9 | Category 1 |
| Genesee County | NY | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 34.1 | Category 1 |
| Hampshire County | WV | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Broome County | NY | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | PA | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Indiana County | PA | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 37.2 | Category 1 |
| Somerset County | PA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | PA | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | PA | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| York County | PA | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Snyder County | PA | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 38.8 | Category 1 |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 39.2 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | VA | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calvert County | MD | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Shenandoah County | VA | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 40.4 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 40.6 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | NC | 41.0 | Category 1 |
| Baltimore County | MD | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fluvanna County | VA | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 42.0 | Category 1 |
| Page County | VA | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | VA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 43.9 | Category 1 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 45.5 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | NY | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 46.6 | Category 1 |
| Hampton city | VA | 46.9 | Category 1 |
| Baltimore city | MD | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 49.0 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 49.0 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Erie County | NY | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dauphin County | PA | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Albemarle County | VA | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 49.6 | Category 1 |
| Orleans County | NY | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hardy County | WV | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mineral County | WV | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | PA | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 51.7 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 51.8 | Category 1 |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Buckingham County | VA | 52.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | VA | 52.6 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | PA | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 54.5 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Northumberland County | PA | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Forest County | PA | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 55.1 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | MD | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 56.1 | Category 1 |
| Talbot County | MD | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | PA | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Armstrong County | PA | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | VA | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 59.9 | Category 1 |
| Garrett County | MD | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | PA | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clarion County | PA | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 60.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harford County | MD | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Susquehanna County | PA | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 61.6 | Category 1 |
| Montour County | PA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 63.0 | Category 1 |
| Charlottesville city | VA | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Niagara County | NY | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 65.2 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | PA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lebanon County | PA | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | PA | 69.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chautauqua County | NY | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | MD | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 69.4 | Category 1 |
| Halifax County | VA | 69.6 | Category 1 |
| Schuylkill County | PA | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Grant County | WV | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 71.1 | Category 1 |
| Appomattox County | VA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 71.3 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | PA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Nelson County | VA | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harrisonburg city | VA | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | MD | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Augusta County | VA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 78.2 | Category 1 |
| Venango County | PA | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 79.0 | Category 1 |
| Cecil County | MD | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wyoming County | PA | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Luzerne County | PA | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Berks County | PA | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 81.3 | Category 1 |
| Dillon County | SC | 82.1 | Category 1 |
| Pendleton County | WV | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Allegheny County | PA | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | PA | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 84.0 | Category 1 |
| Campbell County | VA | 84.3 | Category 1 |
| Chester County | PA | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Waynesboro city | VA | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amherst County | VA | 86.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 86.3 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | NC | 86.6 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tucker County | WV | 87.6 | Tropical storm |
| Preston County | WV | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 89.7 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 89.7 | Category 1 |
| Crawford County | PA | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 90.4 | Category 1 |
| Staunton city | VA | 91.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 92.3 | Category 1 |
| Moore County | NC | 92.7 | Category 1 |
| Lackawanna County | PA | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Erie County | PA | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | WV | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lynchburg city | VA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Castle County | DE | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pittsylvania County | VA | 98.8 | Category 1 |
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.