The unnamed hurricane of 1877
Sep 14, 1877 to Sep 21, 1877Peak 81 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1877 passed within 50 miles of 95 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on September 18, 1877.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1877
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 95
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 188
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX
- 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.
| Walton County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lanier County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 2.2 | Category 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 2.6 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 3.9 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 5.0 | Category 1 |
| Pierce County | GA | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 8.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 10.4 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | FL | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 17.8 | Category 1 |
| Miller County | GA | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 20.2 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 21.7 | Category 1 |
| Early County | GA | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 23.9 | Category 1 |
| Appling County | GA | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 26.3 | Category 1 |
| Hamilton County | FL | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 29.9 | Category 1 |
| Irwin County | GA | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 32.6 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 34.2 | Category 1 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 35.0 | Category 1 |
| Dougherty County | GA | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 35.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 37.7 | Category 1 |
| Dale County | AL | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 39.3 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 39.7 | Category 1 |
| Henry County | AL | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 40.1 | Category 1 |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 40.7 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 42.0 | Category 1 |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | GA | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 51.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 52.3 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 53.6 | Category 1 |
| Brazoria County | TX | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | GA | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 54.8 | Category 1 |
| Toombs County | GA | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 55.5 | Category 1 |
| Crisp County | GA | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 56.2 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 57.2 | Category 1 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 58.6 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 58.9 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 59.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 61.2 | Category 1 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 61.2 | Category 1 |
| Stone County | MS | 61.6 | Category 1 |
| Evans County | GA | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | TX | 66.5 | Category 1 |
| Chambers County | TX | 66.9 | Category 1 |
| Bradford County | FL | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 67.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 72.7 | Category 1 |
| Webster County | GA | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 73.5 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 74.3 | Category 1 |
| Pulaski County | GA | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 75.7 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | MS | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 76.7 | Category 1 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 76.9 | Category 1 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 78.1 | Category 1 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 78.3 | Category 1 |
| Candler County | GA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 78.8 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 79.2 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 79.9 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 81.7 | Category 1 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 82.1 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 86.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 87.2 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | GA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 88.0 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | GA | 88.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 89.1 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 90.2 | Category 1 |
| Russell County | AL | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 91.7 | Category 1 |
| Lamar County | MS | 92.2 | Category 1 |
| Hampton County | SC | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 94.0 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | TX | 95.5 | Category 1 |
| Wharton County | TX | 95.7 | Category 1 |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Johnson County | GA | 98.1 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 98.3 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | AL | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 99.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 99.6 | 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.