Eye of the Storm

Storm history › Atlantic

1887 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1887 Atlantic season had 19 storms of tropical-storm strength or more, 11 of them hurricanes and 2 major (Category 3 or stronger).

The first storm was tracked from May 15, 1887 and the last ended on January 1, 1970. The strongest by wind was Unnamed hurricane 9, 1887 Atlantic, at 125 mph (205 km/h). The season's accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) was 181.3.

Storms
19
Hurricanes
11
Major
2
Category 5
0
ACE
181.3
Every storm of the season, coloured by strength.

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Storms

StormDatesPeakPressureStrongestLandfalls
Unnamed tropical storm 1, 1887 AtlanticMay 15 – May 2070 mph—Tropical storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 2, 1887 AtlanticMay 17 – May 2160 mph—Tropical storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 3, 1887 AtlanticJun 11 – Jun 1440 mph—Tropical storm1
Unnamed hurricane 4, 1887 AtlanticJul 20 – Jul 28100 mph—Category 2 hurricane1
Unnamed tropical storm 5, 1887 AtlanticJul 30 – Aug 860 mph—Tropical storm—
Unnamed storm 6, 1887 AtlanticAug 2 – Aug 4——Storm—
Unnamed storm 7, 1887 AtlanticAug 3 – Aug 8——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 8, 1887 AtlanticAug 14 – Aug 23120 mph972 mbCategory 3 hurricane—
Unnamed hurricane 9, 1887 AtlanticAug 18 – Aug 27125 mph—Category 3 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 10, 1887 AtlanticAug 31 – Sep 4——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 11, 1887 AtlanticSep 1 – Sep 6105 mph963 mbCategory 2 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 12, 1887 AtlanticSep 2 – Sep 9——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 13, 1887 AtlanticSep 11 – Sep 22100 mph973 mbCategory 2 hurricane1
Unnamed hurricane 14, 1887 AtlanticSep 14 – Sep 1880 mph983 mbCategory 1 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 15, 1887 AtlanticSep 30 – Oct 9——Storm—
Unnamed storm 16, 1887 AtlanticSep 30 – Oct 4——Storm—
Unnamed storm 17, 1887 AtlanticOct 2 – Oct 21——Storm—
Unnamed storm 18, 1887 AtlanticOct 6 – Oct 8——Storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 19, 1887 AtlanticOct 6 – Oct 960 mph—Tropical storm—
Unnamed tropical storm 20, 1887 AtlanticOct 8 – Oct 970 mph—Tropical storm—
Unnamed hurricane 21, 1887 AtlanticOct 9 – Oct 2285 mph—Category 1 hurricane1
Unnamed hurricane 22, 1887 AtlanticOct 10 – Oct 1285 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 23, 1887 AtlanticOct 12 – Oct 20——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 24, 1887 AtlanticOct 15 – Oct 19105 mph—Category 2 hurricane—
Unnamed tropical storm 25, 1887 AtlanticOct 29 – Nov 680 mph990 mbTropical storm1
Unnamed storm 26, 1887 AtlanticNov 2 – Nov 4——Storm—
Unnamed storm 27, 1887 AtlanticNov 9 – Nov 13——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 28, 1887 AtlanticNov 27 – Dec 480 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed storm 29, 1887 AtlanticNov 29 – Dec 3——Storm—
Unnamed hurricane 30, 1887 AtlanticDec 4 – Dec 1080 mph—Category 1 hurricane—
Unnamed tropical storm 31, 1887 AtlanticDec 7 – Dec 1260 mph—Tropical storm—