The unnamed hurricane of 1887
Sep 11, 1887 to Sep 22, 1887Peak 98 mph973 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1887 passed within 50 miles of 5 counties in TX. It was strongest near Cameron County, TX, as a Category 1 on September 21, 1887.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1887
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 5
- TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 11
- 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.
| Cameron County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 16.2 | Category 1 |
| Starr County | TX | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 34.6 | Category 1 |
| Brooks County | TX | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Zapata County | TX | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kleberg County | TX | 81.4 | Category 1 |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | TX | 89.6 | 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.