The 1863 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic · 9 systems

Atlantic storms
9
5 hurricanes · 0 major
Atlantic ACE
50
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
104 mph
Unnamed hurricane #3
Landfalling
2
Atlantic storms

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 1863 season went

The 1863 Atlantic season produced 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 50. The strongest was Unnamed hurricane #3 at 104 mph / 975 mb. 2 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

AUGSEPOCTUnnamed hurricane #1 — August 8–9, 1863Unnamed hurricane #1 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #2 — August 18–19, 1863Unnamed hurricane #2 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #3 — August 19–23, 1863Unnamed hurricane #3 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #4 — August 27–28, 1863Unnamed hurricane #4 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #5 — September 9–16, 1863Unnamed hurricane #5 Cat 1Unnamed storm #6 — September 16–19, 1863Unnamed storm #6 TSUnnamed storm #7 — September 18–19, 1863Unnamed storm #7 TSUnnamed storm #8 — September 26–27, 1863Unnamed storm #8 TSUnnamed storm #9 — September 29 – October 1, 1863Unnamed storm #9 TS

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 1863

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed hurricane #1Aug 8 – Aug 9Cat 2 104 mph——4.9
Unnamed hurricane #2Aug 18 – Aug 19Cat 2 104 mph——5.5
Unnamed hurricane #3Aug 19 – Aug 23Cat 2 104 mph975 mb—11.9
Unnamed hurricane #4Aug 27 – Aug 28Cat 2 104 mph——6.1
Unnamed hurricane #5Sep 9 – Sep 16Cat 1 81 mph——13.9
Unnamed storm #6Sep 16 – Sep 19TS 69 mph—yes4.0
Unnamed storm #7Sep 18 – Sep 19TS 58 mph——1.3
Unnamed storm #8Sep 26 – Sep 27TS 58 mph——0.9
Unnamed storm #9Sep 29 – Oct 1TS 69 mph—yes1.8
← Previous season1862Next season →1864

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