The unnamed hurricane of 1877
Sep 21, 1877 to Oct 5, 1877Peak 115 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1877 passed within 50 miles of 126 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Bay County, FL, as a Category 3 on October 3, 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 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 126
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 206
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- 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.
| Calhoun County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Burke County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Jenkins County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.9 | Category 2 |
| Marlboro County | SC | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 10.5 | Category 1 |
| Robeson County | NC | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 11.8 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 13.1 | Category 1 |
| Anson County | NC | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 15.7 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | FL | 16.0 | Category 2 |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 19.1 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | GA | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 20.5 | Category 1 |
| Pulaski County | GA | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 22.0 | Category 1 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 25.2 | Category 2 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 30.8 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 33.7 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 35.0 | Category 3 |
| McDuffie County | GA | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 35.7 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 45.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 46.2 | Category 2 |
| Wayne County | GA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 46.9 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| York County | SC | 51.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greenwood County | SC | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 54.1 | Category 1 |
| Union County | SC | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 55.2 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 59.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 59.0 | Category 3 |
| Rowan County | NC | 59.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 66.4 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 66.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 68.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 68.9 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 70.0 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 76.3 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | GA | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 79.2 | Category 3 |
| Jasper County | GA | 79.3 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 79.9 | Category 3 |
| Columbia County | FL | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iredell County | NC | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Davie County | NC | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | NC | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 84.4 | Category 3 |
| Cleveland County | NC | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greenville County | SC | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | SC | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Catawba County | NC | 91.0 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 91.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 92.9 | Category 1 |
| Oconee County | GA | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 96.4 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | GA | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 98.6 | Category 3 |
| Clarke County | GA | 99.3 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hart County | GA | 99.9 | 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.