Storm history › Atlantic › 1897 season
Unnamed hurricane 1, 1897 Atlantic
This storm was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1897 Atlantic season. It was tracked from August 31, 1897 to September 10, 1897, about 11 days, and covered 4,381 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 100 mph (155 km/h).
- Peak wind
- 100 mph
- Lowest pressure
- Not recorded
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 11 days
- Track length
- 4,381 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 23.5
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 515th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Ernesto (2024), Hurricane Nigel (2023), Hurricane Arthur (2014) and 26 more.
- Energy: 43% of the 1897 Atlantic season's ACE.