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1861 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1861 Atlantic season had 8 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 6 of them hurricanes and 0 major (Category 3 or stronger).

The first storm was tracked from July 6, 1861 and the last ended on January 1, 1970. The strongest by wind was Unnamed hurricane 1, 1861 Atlantic, at 105 mph (165 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 49.7.

Storms
8
Hurricanes
6
Major
0
Category 5
0
ACE
49.7
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongestLandfalls
Unnamed hurricane 1, 1861 AtlanticJul 6 – Jul 12105 mph—Category 2 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 2, 1861 AtlanticJul 20 – Jul 25——Storm—
Unnamed storm 3, 1861 AtlanticJul 28 – Aug 1——Storm—
Unnamed storm 4, 1861 AtlanticAug 9 – Aug 18——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 5, 1861 AtlanticAug 13 – Aug 1790 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed hurricane 6, 1861 AtlanticAug 25 – Aug 30105 mph—Category 2 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 7, 1861 AtlanticSep 11 – Sep 18——Storm—
Unnamed storm 8, 1861 AtlanticSep 11 – Sep 19——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 9, 1861 AtlanticSep 17 – Sep 1780 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 10, 1861 AtlanticSep 22 – Sep 29——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 11, 1861 AtlanticSep 27 – Sep 2880 mph—Category 1 hurricane1
Unnamed storm 12, 1861 AtlanticOct 1 – Oct 10——Storm—
Unnamed storm 13, 1861 AtlanticOct 3 – Oct 12——Storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 14, 1861 AtlanticOct 6 – Oct 970 mph—Tropical storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 15, 1861 AtlanticOct 7 – Oct 760 mph—Tropical storm1
Unnamed storm 16, 1861 AtlanticOct 16 – Oct 22——Storm—
Unnamed storm 17, 1861 AtlanticOct 31 – Nov 3——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 18, 1861 AtlanticNov 1 – Nov 380 mph999 mbCategory 1 hurricane4