The unnamed tropical storm of 1879
Oct 3, 1879 to Oct 7, 1879Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1879 passed within 50 miles of 38 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on October 7, 1879.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1879
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 38
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 66
- AL, LA, MS
- 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.
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 28.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 36.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 60.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 82.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 96.5 | 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.