The unnamed hurricane of 1881
Aug 21, 1881 to Aug 29, 1881Peak 104 mph970 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1881 passed within 50 miles of 144 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Chatham County, GA, as a Category 2 on August 28, 1881.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1881
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 144
- AL, GA, MS, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 246
- AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, 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.
| Russell County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 1.6 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 2.3 | Category 2 |
| Dooly County | GA | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 2.7 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | MS | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | MS | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 6.1 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 6.3 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | GA | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 10.4 | Category 1 |
| Worth County | GA | 10.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | MS | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 11.6 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | MS | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 18.8 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | AL | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 21.4 | Category 1 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grenada County | MS | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 25.1 | Category 1 |
| Candler County | GA | 25.2 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | GA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 25.8 | Category 2 |
| Benton County | MS | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 28.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 28.5 | Category 2 |
| Talladega County | AL | 29.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tippah County | MS | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 34.1 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | MS | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 44.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 45.1 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | AL | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 45.6 | Category 2 |
| Bibb County | GA | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leflore County | MS | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AL | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alcorn County | MS | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 52.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardeman County | TN | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 53.3 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 55.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 56.1 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | AL | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 57.3 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | AL | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 58.3 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Colbert County | AL | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 64.2 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 65.1 | Category 2 |
| McNairy County | TN | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | MS | 69.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 69.5 | Category 2 |
| Cleburne County | AL | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 70.1 | Category 2 |
| Coweta County | GA | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AL | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TN | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | GA | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | AL | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 79.9 | Category 2 |
| Chester County | TN | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | MS | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Etowah County | AL | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 83.8 | Category 1 |
| Holmes County | FL | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 88.2 | Category 1 |
| Henry County | GA | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 89.9 | Category 2 |
| Aiken County | SC | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | TN | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | GA | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 92.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | AL | 92.7 | Tropical storm |
| Haralson County | GA | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 93.5 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | GA | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 93.9 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Douglas County | GA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 95.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 96.7 | Category 2 |
| Columbia County | GA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 98.9 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 99.6 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | AL | 100.0 | 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.