The unnamed tropical storm of 1881
Aug 1, 1881 to Aug 4, 1881Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1881 passed within 50 miles of 13 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Baldwin County, AL, as a tropical storm on August 3, 1881.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1881
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
- 13
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 21
- AL, FL, 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.
| Mobile County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 47.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 51.6 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 90.6 | 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.