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1866 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1866 Atlantic season had 7 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 6 of them hurricanes and 1 major (Category 3 or stronger).

The first storm was tracked from June 1, 1866 and the last ended on January 1, 1970. The strongest by wind was Unnamed hurricane 8, 1866 Atlantic, at 140 mph (220 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 83.7.

Storms
7
Hurricanes
6
Major
1
Category 5
0
ACE
83.7
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongestLandfalls
Unnamed storm 1, 1866 AtlanticJun 1 – Jun 6——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 2, 1866 AtlanticJul 11 – Jul 16105 mph—Category 2 hurricane1
Unnamed hurricane 3, 1866 AtlanticAug 13 – Aug 18105 mph—Category 2 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 4, 1866 AtlanticAug 29 – Sep 11——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 5, 1866 AtlanticSep 4 – Sep 780 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed hurricane 6, 1866 AtlanticSep 18 – Sep 1880 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed hurricane 7, 1866 AtlanticSep 22 – Sep 24105 mph—Category 2 hurricane—
Unnamed hurricane 8, 1866 AtlanticSep 24 – Oct 5140 mph938 mbCategory 4 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 9, 1866 AtlanticSep 26 – Oct 2——Storm—
Unnamed storm 10, 1866 AtlanticOct 21 – Oct 31——Storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 11, 1866 AtlanticOct 29 – Oct 3070 mph—Tropical storm—