1856/01:  Utilized Ho's (1989) work - apparently not used in Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis - to alter the track and intensity near the US. Inland winds over SE US reduced via Kaplan and DeMaria's (1995) inland decay model.  Ship with pressure measurement of 955 mb not in the hurricane's eye suggests at least 105 kt with the Gulf of Mexico wind-pressure relationship, utilize 130 kt in best track.  Ho's estimate of 934 mb at landfall gives 125 kt, utilize 130 kt in best track - a major hurricane. A small RMW of 12 nmi supports slight increase of winds over suggested wind-pressure relationship.  Surge value of 11-12' provided by Ludlum (1963) for Last Island, Louisiana.  The storm is also known as the "Last Island Hurricane" after the destruction caused at that location.

1856/02:  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  Storm determined to have reached hurricane status from destruction felt in Grenada and Barbados.

1856/03:  This storm was not identified by Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  Enough evidence was retrieved from Ludlum's (1963) analysis (see pages 99 and 100) to provide track and intensity estimates.  Note that the track provided here keeps the tropical storm's center offshore of New England, which disagrees with Ludlum's assessment.  This is due to all wind reports from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and - especially - Massachusetts which remained at an easterly component for the duration of  this storm.  If, as Ludlum suggested, the storm crossed the neck of Cape Cod,  there would have been a wind shift to a westerly component at Cape Cod and/or Nantucket.  Both remained easterly, thus suggesting a just-offshore track.  Ludlum referred to this storm as the "Charter Oak Storm of August 1856" for the destruction of the famous Charter Oak that was a witness to the founding of the Connecticut Colony in 1636.

1856/04:  This storm was listed as #3 in 1856 originally in Partagas and Diaz (1995a).  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.

1856/05:  This storm was listed as #4 in 1856 originally in Partagas and Diaz (1995a).  No major changes from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a)  analysis for track. Inland winds over SE US reduced via Kaplan and DeMaria's (1995) inland decay model.  Surge value of 6' obtained from Barnes (1998) for Apalachicola, Florida.  Havana's central pressure observation of 969 mb  gives 90 kt from the Gulf of Mexico wind-pressure relationship, which is used directly.  Pressure reading of 968 mb not in hurricane's center (on 18 UTC  of the 30th of August) suggests winds of at least 91 kt from the Gulf of  Mexico wind-pressure relationship - 100 kt is chosen for best track.  This last reading supports that this storm reached major hurricane status, but likely weakened slightly before making landfall in the United States.  Ludlum (1963) referred to this storm as the "Southeastern States Hurricane of 1856".

1856/06:  No major change from Partagas and Diaz's (1995a) analysis.  Storm  is determined to have reached hurricane status based upon reports from the ship "Utah".