Put Cloudbreak on your portfolio.

Leave your email and we’ll reach out within one business day.

Prefer to talk? Call 940-391-3558.

Unnamed tropical storm of 1872 (AL011872)

Unnamed tropical storm of 1872 (AL011872) was a tropical storm at its peak, with 58 mph winds, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 4 of the cities we track; the strongest was Gulfport, MS, with a modeled peak gust of 55 mph.

Peak strength58 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
4
LandfallsFirst July 11, 1872
2
Lowest pressure
Not recorded

Track, wind field and cities

Select a piece of the track or a city for details.

  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Unnamed tropical storm of 1872 (AL011872)’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Landfalls

  1. July 11, 1872, tropical storm at 58 mph, about 83 miles from New Orleans, LA
  2. July 11, 1872, tropical storm at 58 mph, about 16 miles from Gulfport, MS

Modeled winds at cities (4)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Gulfport, MS55 mph45 mph4 milesJul 11, 1872, 5:54 AM GMT-5:50:36
Slidell, LA53 mph43 mph47 milesJul 11, 1872, 2:09 AM GMT-5:50:36
Mobile, AL51 mph41 mph53 milesJul 11, 1872, 12:09 PM GMT-5:50:36
New Orleans, LA50 mph41 mph55 milesJul 11, 1872, 4:39 AM GMT-5:50:36

Best track (22 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jul 9, 00:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph23.5°N, 92.0°W
Jul 9, 06:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph24.1°N, 91.8°W
Jul 9, 12:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph24.6°N, 91.6°W
Jul 9, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph25.1°N, 91.2°W
Jul 10, 00:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph25.7°N, 90.8°W
Jul 10, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph26.3°N, 90.4°W
Jul 10, 12:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph27.0°N, 90.0°W
Jul 10, 18:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph27.7°N, 89.6°W
Jul 11, 00:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph28.4°N, 89.3°W
Jul 11, 05:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm58 mph29.1°N, 89.1°W
Jul 11, 06:00 UTCTropical storm58 mph29.2°N, 89.1°W
Jul 11, 08:00 UTC (landfall)Tropical storm58 mph30.2°N, 89.0°W
Show all 22