Storm history › Atlantic › 1873 season
Unnamed hurricane 2, 1873 Atlantic
This storm was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1873 Atlantic season. It was tracked from August 13, 1873 to August 28, 1873, about 16 days, and covered 5,307 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 962 mb.
- Peak wind
- 115 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 962 mb
- Strongest
- Category 3 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 16 days
- Track length
- 5,307 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 33.4
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 282nd highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Bonnie (2022), Hurricane Epsilon (2020), Hurricane Zeta (2020) and 34 more.
- Lowest pressure: 285th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Gert (2017), Hurricane Lee (2017), Hurricane Maria (2005) and 7 more.
- Energy: 48% of the 1873 Atlantic season's ACE.