The unnamed hurricane of 1886
Jun 13, 1886 to Jun 15, 1886Peak 98 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1886 passed within 50 miles of 54 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Jefferson County, TX, as a Category 2 on June 14, 1886.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1886
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 54
- LA, MS, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 105
- LA, MS, 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.
| Jefferson County | TX | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 3.3 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 4.6 | Category 1 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 8.0 | Category 1 |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 9.5 | Category 1 |
| Chambers County | TX | 9.5 | Category 1 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 15.9 | Category 1 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 19.3 | Category 2 |
| Liberty County | TX | 22.7 | Category 2 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 28.2 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | MS | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tyler County | TX | 36.3 | Category 1 |
| Simpson County | MS | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 39.9 | Category 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 40.1 | Category 1 |
| Matagorda County | TX | 41.1 | Category 1 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 52.0 | Category 2 |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 59.1 | Category 1 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 64.7 | Category 2 |
| Warren County | MS | 65.5 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 66.3 | Category 2 |
| San Augustine County | TX | 66.9 | Category 1 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 69.3 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 72.7 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | TX | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TX | 80.2 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | MS | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 83.3 | Category 1 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TX | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Issaquena County | MS | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 88.8 | Tropical storm |
| Red River Parish | LA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| De Soto Parish | LA | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Waller County | TX | 90.0 | Category 1 |
| Yazoo County | MS | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Aransas County | TX | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 91.3 | Category 2 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Austin County | TX | 93.5 | Category 1 |
| Refugio County | TX | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Trinity County | TX | 95.9 | Category 2 |
| Nueces County | TX | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Victoria County | TX | 98.4 | Category 1 |
| Kleberg County | TX | 98.7 | 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.