The unnamed hurricane of 1891
Aug 18, 1891 to Aug 25, 1891Peak 127 mph961 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1891 passed within 50 miles of 7 counties in FL. It was strongest near Miami-Dade County, FL, as a Category 1 on August 24, 1891.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1891
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 961 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 7
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 16
- FL
- 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.
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 65.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 66.8 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 97.4 | 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.