The unnamed hurricane of 1879
Aug 19, 1879 to Aug 24, 1879Peak 104 mph964 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1879 passed within 50 miles of 73 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Chambers County, TX, as a Category 2 on August 23, 1879.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1879
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 964 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 73
- AR, LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 122
- AR, LA, MS, OK, TX
- 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.
| De Soto Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nevada County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Caddo Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clark County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bossier Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| San Augustine County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | TX | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Hot Spring County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Saline County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grant County | AR | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 0.6 | Category 2 |
| Ouachita County | AR | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Webster Parish | LA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 3.4 | Category 1 |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | AR | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 5.6 | Category 2 |
| Panola County | TX | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hempstead County | AR | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 10.9 | Category 1 |
| Faulkner County | AR | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Red River Parish | LA | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AR | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Garland County | AR | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | TX | 15.5 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | AR | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 17.2 | Category 1 |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | AR | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | AR | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AR | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AR | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | TX | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AR | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 26.1 | Category 2 |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cass County | TX | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 30.3 | Category 1 |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 30.5 | Category 1 |
| Rusk County | TX | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Little River County | AR | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Arkansas County | AR | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 31.7 | Category 2 |
| Conway County | AR | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 34.6 | Category 1 |
| Howard County | AR | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bowie County | TX | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AR | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | AR | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 40.2 | Category 2 |
| Lincoln County | AR | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sevier County | AR | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Trinity County | TX | 42.5 | Category 1 |
| Union Parish | LA | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gregg County | TX | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Yell County | AR | 46.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 47.6 | Category 1 |
| Pope County | AR | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | TX | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Drew County | AR | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Upshur County | TX | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | TX | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 61.6 | Category 2 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | AR | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 62.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camp County | TX | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 65.0 | Category 1 |
| Smith County | TX | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 66.0 | Category 1 |
| Scott County | AR | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 66.8 | Category 1 |
| Logan County | AR | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ashley County | AR | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| McCurtain County | OK | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Matagorda County | TX | 71.0 | Category 2 |
| Titus County | TX | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | TX | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | AR | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Red River County | TX | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wood County | TX | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 82.3 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | TX | 84.1 | Category 1 |
| Waller County | TX | 86.6 | Category 2 |
| Chicot County | AR | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 86.9 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | TX | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Henderson County | TX | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Grimes County | TX | 89.9 | Category 1 |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | TX | 92.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | AR | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Le Flore County | OK | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 94.2 | Category 1 |
| Van Zandt County | TX | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 95.8 | Category 1 |
| Sebastian County | AR | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 96.8 | Category 2 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hopkins County | TX | 97.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 98.2 | 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.