Most Intense (Category 3, 4, 5) Continental United States Hurricanes: 1851-1920
- Revised in February 2008 to include 1915 to 1920 reanalyses
#/Date Time Lat Lon Max Saffir- RMW Central States
Winds Simpson Pressure Affected
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5-8/20/1886 1300Z 28.1N 96.8W 135kt 4 15nmi 925mb BTX4
1-8/10/1856$ 1800Z 29.2N 91.1W 130kt 4 12nmi 934mb LA4
2-9/10/1919 0700Z 24.6N 82.9W 130kt 4 15nmi 927mb BFL4,CFL2
1-9/9/1900 0200Z 29.1N 95.1W 125kt 4 14nmi 936mb CTX4
10-10/2/1893 0800Z 29.3N 89.8W 115kt 4 12nmi 948mb LA4
7-10/2/1898 1600Z 30.9N 81.4W 115kt 4 18nmi 938mb GA4,DFL2
2-8/17/1915 0700Z 29.2N 95.1W 115kt 4 25nmi 940mb CTX4,BTX1,LA1
6-8/18/1916 2200Z 27.0N 97.4W 115kt 4 25nmi 932mb ATX4
6-9/16/1855$ 0300Z 29.2N 89.5W 110kt 3 --- (950mb) LA3,MS3
1-8/11/1860$ 2000Z 29.2N 90.0W 110kt 3 --- (950mb) LA3,MS3,AL2
4-9/1/1879$ 1600Z 29.5N 91.4W 110kt 3 --- (950mb) LA3
2-8/13/1880# 0100Z 25.8N 97.0W 110kt 3 12nmi 931mb ATX3
3-8/16/1888$ 1900Z 25.8N 80.1W 110kt 3 --- (945mb) CFL3,BFL1
4-9/29/1896 1100Z 29.2N 83.1W 110kt 3 15nmi 960mb AFL3,DFL3,GA2,SC1,NC1,VA1
6-9/29/1915 1800Z 29.1N 90.3W 110kt 3 20nmi 944mb LA3,MS2
10-10/12/1886 2200Z 29.8N 93.5W 105kt 3 --- (955mb) LA3,CTX2
9-10/13/1893 1300Z 33.0N 79.5W 105kt 3 15nmi 955mb SC3,NC2,VA1
5-10/9/1894 0300Z 30.2N 85.5W 105kt 3 --- (955mb) AFL3,GA1
3-8/18/1899 0100Z 35.2N 75.8W 105kt 3 --- (945mb) NC3
8-10/18/1906 0900Z 24.7N 81.1W 105kt 3 12nmi 953mb BFL3,CFL3
8-9/21/1909 0000Z 29.5N 91.3W 105kt 3 28nmi 952mb LA3,MS2
2-7/5/1916 2100Z 30.4N 88.4W 105kt 3 18nmi 950mb MS3,AL2,AFL2
1-8/6/1918 1800Z 29.8N 93.2W 105kt 3 12nmi (955mb) LA3,CTX1
4-8/23/1851$ 2100Z 30.1N 85.7W 100kt 3 --- (960mb) AFL3,GA1
1-8/26/1852 0600Z 30.2N 88.6W 100kt 3 30nmi 961mb AL3,MS3,LA2,AFL1
2-9/8/1854 2000Z 31.7N 81.1W 100kt 3 40nmi 950mb GA3,SC2,DFL1
6-9/8/1869 2200Z 41.4N 71.7W 100kt 3 30nmi 965mb RI3,MA3,CT1
3-8/17/1871$ 0200Z 27.1N 80.2W 100kt 3 30nmi 955mb CFL3,DFL1,AFL1
5-10/7/1873$ 0100Z 26.5N 82.2W 100kt 3 26nmi 959mb BFL3,CFL2,DFL1
3-9/16/1875 2100Z 27.7N 97.2W 100kt 3 --- (960mb) BTX3,ATX2
4-10/3/1877$ 0500Z 30.0N 85.5W 100kt 3 --- (960mb) AFL3,GA1
2-8/18/1879 1200Z 34.7N 76.7W 100kt 3 16nmi 971mb NC3,VA2
2-9/10/1882 0200Z 30.4N 86.8W 100kt 3 --- 949mb AFL3,AL1
2-8/25/1885 0900Z 32.2N 80.7W 100kt 3 --- (953mb) SC3,NC2,GA1,DFL1
6-8/28/1893 0500Z 31.7N 81.1W 100kt 3 23nmi 954mb GA3,SC3,NC1,DFL1
4-7/21/1909 1700Z 28.9N 95.3W 100kt 3 19nmi 959mb CTX3
10-10/11/1909 1800Z 24.7N 81.0W 100kt 3 22nmi 957mb BFL3,CFL3
4-9/29/1917 0200Z 30.4N 86.6W 100kt 3 40nmi 949mb AFL3,LA2,AL1
2-9/14/1919 2100Z 27.2N 97.3W 100kt 3 35nmi 950mb ATX3,BTX3
Notes:
Date/Time: Day and time when the circulation center crosses the U.S.
coastline (including barrier islands). Time is estimate to the nearest hour.
Lat/Lon: Location is estimated to the nearest 0.1 degrees latitude and
longitude (about 6 nmi).
Max Winds: Estimated maximum sustained (1 min) surface (10 m) winds to
occur along the U. S. coast.
Saffir-Simpson: The estimated Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale at landfall
based upon maximum sustained surface winds.
RMW: The radius of maximum winds (primarily for the right front quadrant
of the hurricane), if available.
Central Pressure: The minimum central pressure of the hurricane at
landfall. Central pressure values in parentheses indicate that the value is
a simple estimation (based upon a wind-pressure relationship), not directly
measured or calculated.
States Affected: The impact of the hurricane upon individual U.S. states
by Saffir-Simpson Scale (again through the estimate of the maximum sustained
surface winds at each state). (ATX-South Texas, BTX-Central Texas, CTX-North
Texas, LA-Louisiana, MS-Mississippi, AL-Alabama, AFL-Northwest Florida,
BFL-Southwest Florida, CFL-Southeast Florida, DFL-Northeast Florida,
GA-Georgia, SC-South Carolina, NC-North Carolina, VA-Virginia, MD-Maryland,
DE-Delware, NJ-New Jersey, NY-New York, PA-Pennsylvania, CT-Connecticut,
RI-Rhode Island, MA-Massachusetts, NH-New Hampshire, ME-Maine. In Texas,
south is roughly from the Mexico border to Corpus Christi; central is from
north of Corpus Christi to Matagorda Bay and north is from Matagorda Bay to
the Louisiana border. In Florida, the north-south dividing line is from Cape
Canaveral [28.45N] to Tarpon Springs [28.17N]. The dividing line between
west-east Florida goes from 82.69W at the north Florida border with Georgia,
to Lake Okechobee and due south along longitude 80.85W.)
$ - Indicates that the hurricane may not have been reliably estimated for
intensity (both central pressure and maximum sustained windspeed) because
of landfall in a relatively uninhabited region. Errors in intensity are
likely to be underestimates of the true intensity.
# - Indicates that hurricane made landfall first over Mexico, but caused
hurricane winds in Texas. The position given is that of Mexican landfall.
The strongest winds impacted Mexico. The winds indicated here are lower
than in HURDAT and are lower than they were over Mexico. Central pressure
given is that at Mexican landfall.