The unnamed hurricane of 1879
Aug 29, 1879 to Sep 2, 1879Peak 127 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1879 passed within 50 miles of 89 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a Category 3 on September 1, 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 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 89
- AL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 147
- AL, AR, LA, MS, TN
- 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.
| Lowndes County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Copiah County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Rankin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 1.0 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | MS | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 2.2 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | MS | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 3.3 | Category 1 |
| Scott County | MS | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 4.1 | Category 3 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 4.1 | Category 2 |
| Fayette County | AL | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 5.2 | Category 3 |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 5.4 | Category 2 |
| Attala County | MS | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 8.6 | Category 1 |
| Walthall County | MS | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 10.5 | Category 2 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 11.5 | Category 2 |
| Pickens County | AL | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 13.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 14.5 | Category 1 |
| Kemper County | MS | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 15.0 | Category 1 |
| Smith County | MS | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 17.8 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | MS | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 26.6 | Category 1 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 26.7 | Category 1 |
| Holmes County | MS | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 28.5 | Category 2 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | MS | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 30.8 | Category 1 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 31.1 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | MS | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 37.4 | Category 3 |
| Greene County | AL | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | MS | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | MS | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 40.0 | Category 1 |
| Adams County | MS | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 43.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 44.8 | Category 2 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | MS | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sharkey County | MS | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 48.7 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 48.7 | Category 3 |
| Grenada County | MS | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Issaquena County | MS | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | MS | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 54.8 | Category 1 |
| Hale County | AL | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leflore County | MS | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 59.2 | Category 2 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 59.3 | Category 1 |
| Tippah County | MS | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 63.6 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | MS | 64.0 | Category 1 |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 65.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 66.9 | Category 3 |
| Perry County | MS | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sunflower County | MS | 68.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 73.3 | Category 3 |
| Shelby County | AL | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Benton County | MS | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 78.2 | Category 1 |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 78.7 | Category 2 |
| Hardeman County | TN | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | MS | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 83.8 | Category 3 |
| Chicot County | AR | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Richland Parish | LA | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 86.5 | Category 1 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 88.4 | Category 1 |
| Chilton County | AL | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bolivar County | MS | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | MS | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 97.9 | Category 3 |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 98.7 | Category 3 |
| Tate County | MS | 98.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ashley County | AR | 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.