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 hurricane of 1886 (AL031886)

Unnamed hurricane of 1886 (AL031886) was a Category 2 hurricane at its peak, with 98 mph winds, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 3 of the cities we track; the strongest was Tallahassee, FL, with a modeled peak gust of 78 mph.

Peak strength98 mph winds (1-minute)
Category 2
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
3
LandfallsFirst June 30, 1886
1
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 hurricane of 1886 (AL031886)’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. June 30, 1886, Category 2 at 98 mph, about 77 miles from Tallahassee, FL

Modeled winds at cities (3)

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

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Tallahassee, FL78 mph64 mph4 milesJun 30, 1886, 6:00 PM GMT-5
Savannah, GA55 mph45 mph52 milesJul 1, 1886, 4:30 AM GMT-5
Hilton Head Island, SC50 mph41 mph63 milesJul 1, 1886, 6:00 AM GMT-5

Best track (23 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Jun 27, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph18.3°N, 79.7°W
Jun 27, 18:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph19.2°N, 80.0°W
Jun 28, 00:00 UTCTropical storm63 mph19.9°N, 80.3°W
Jun 28, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane75 mph20.7°N, 80.7°W
Jun 28, 12:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph21.5°N, 81.5°W
Jun 28, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane92 mph22.0°N, 82.5°W
Jun 29, 00:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph22.4°N, 83.5°W
Jun 29, 06:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane81 mph22.9°N, 84.2°W
Jun 29, 12:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane86 mph23.7°N, 85.3°W
Jun 29, 18:00 UTCCategory 1 hurricane92 mph24.6°N, 86.0°W
Jun 30, 00:00 UTCCategory 2 hurricane98 mph25.6°N, 86.4°W
Jun 30, 06:00 UTCCategory 2 hurricane98 mph26.4°N, 86.7°W
Show all 23