The 1880 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic · 11 systems

Atlantic storms
11
9 hurricanes · 2 major
Atlantic ACE
131
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
150 mph
Unnamed hurricane #2
Landfalling
6
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 1880 season went

The 1880 Atlantic season produced 11 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 131. The strongest was Unnamed hurricane #2 at 150 mph / 931 mb. 6 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

JUNJULAUGSEPOCTUnnamed storm #1 — June 21–25, 1880Unnamed storm #1 TSUnnamed hurricane #2 — August 4–14, 1880Unnamed hurricane #2 Cat 4Unnamed hurricane #3 — August 15–20, 1880Unnamed hurricane #3 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #4 — August 24 – September 1, 1880Unnamed hurricane #4 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #5 — August 26 – September 4, 1880Unnamed hurricane #5 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #6 — September 6–11, 1880Unnamed hurricane #6 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #7 — September 8–10, 1880Unnamed hurricane #7 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #8 — September 27 – October 4, 1880Unnamed hurricane #8 Cat 4Unnamed hurricane #9 — October 5–10, 1880Unnamed hurricane #9 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #10 — October 10–16, 1880Unnamed hurricane #10 Cat 1Unnamed storm #11 — October 20–24, 1880Unnamed storm #11 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 1880

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1Jun 21 – Jun 25TS 46 mph—yes2.6
Unnamed hurricane #2Aug 4 – Aug 14Cat 4 150 mph931 mbyes24.6
Unnamed hurricane #3Aug 15 – Aug 20Cat 1 92 mph980 mb—7.2
Unnamed hurricane #4Aug 24 – Sep 1Cat 2 104 mph972 mbyes17.8
Unnamed hurricane #5Aug 26 – Sep 4Cat 1 92 mph977 mb—18.3
Unnamed hurricane #6Sep 6 – Sep 11Cat 1 81 mph987 mbyes6.0
Unnamed hurricane #7Sep 8 – Sep 10Cat 1 92 mph——5.5
Unnamed hurricane #8Sep 27 – Oct 4Cat 4 138 mph928 mb—26.7
Unnamed hurricane #9Oct 5 – Oct 10Cat 1 81 mph—yes8.8
Unnamed hurricane #10Oct 10 – Oct 16Cat 1 92 mph970 mb—11.3
Unnamed storm #11Oct 20 – Oct 24TS 69 mph991 mbyes2.3
← Previous season1879Next season →1881

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