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1871 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1871 Atlantic season had 7 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 6 of them hurricanes and 2 major (Category 3 or stronger).

The first storm was tracked from June 1, 1871 and the last ended on January 1, 1970. The strongest by wind was Unnamed hurricane 2, 1871 Atlantic, at 115 mph (185 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 88.4.

Storms
7
Hurricanes
6
Major
2
Category 5
0
ACE
88.4
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongestLandfalls
Unnamed tropical storm 1, 1871 AtlanticJun 1 – Jun 1060 mph999 mbTropical storm2
Unnamed hurricane 2, 1871 AtlanticAug 14 – Aug 23115 mph952 mbCategory 3 hurricane2
Unnamed storm 3, 1871 AtlanticAug 16 – Aug 19——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 4, 1871 AtlanticAug 17 – Aug 30115 mph962 mbCategory 3 hurricane1
Unnamed storm 5, 1871 AtlanticAug 24 – Sep 1——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 6, 1871 AtlanticAug 30 – Sep 2105 mph—Category 2 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 7, 1871 AtlanticAug 30 – Sep 10——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 8, 1871 AtlanticSep 5 – Sep 880 mph—Category 1 hurricane1
Unnamed storm 9, 1871 AtlanticSep 5 – Sep 14——Storm—
Unnamed storm 10, 1871 AtlanticSep 16 – Sep 18——Storm—
Unnamed storm 11, 1871 AtlanticSep 23 – Oct 1——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 12, 1871 AtlanticSep 30 – Oct 780 mph—Category 1 hurricane1
Unnamed storm 13, 1871 AtlanticOct 2 – Oct 5——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 14, 1871 AtlanticOct 10 – Oct 1380 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 15, 1871 AtlanticOct 15 – Oct 21——Storm—