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Storm 1 of 1852 1852

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · August 19 to August 30, 1852

Storm 1 of 1852's 115 mph landfall in Mississippi on August 26, 1852 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 18 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1852 Atlantic season matched the storm's 115 mph peak; the season had 5 storms. The storm generated 36% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1852 storm.

Track of Storm 1 of 1852 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N90°W80°W70°W60°WAugustaColumbusMississippi, 115 mphPeak 115 mphFirst recordTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 1 of 1852 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Aug 20Aug 22Aug 24Aug 26Aug 28Aug 30mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 145 miles north of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  2. Hurricane 100 miles north of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic
  3. Major hurricane 215 miles west-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida
  4. Peak 215 miles west-southwest of St. Petersburg, Florida; lowest pressure 961 mb
  5. Landfall Mississippi
  6. Last record (tropical storm) 160 miles east-southeast of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind115 mph · tied 281st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure961 mb · tied 268th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy26.4 · 136th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone11.0 days · tied 180th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1852 season

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Storm 1 of 5 in 1852, hurricane 1 of 5; it formed before Storm 2 of 1852. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina2 mi45 mphAugust 28
Auburn, Alabama2 mi45 mphAugust 27
Orangeburg, South Carolina3 mi45 mphAugust 27
Montgomery, Alabama4 mi45 mphAugust 27
Augusta, Georgia10 mi45 mphAugust 27
Macon, Georgia12 mi45 mphAugust 27
Aiken, South Carolina14 mi45 mphAugust 27
Columbus, Georgia17 mi45 mphAugust 27

Every storm within 50 miles of Augusta, Georgia

Similar landfalls in Mississippi

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Mississippi came closest to this one's 115 mph:

  • Elena (1985)115 mph, September 2, 1985
  • Storm 6 of 1906110 mph, September 27, 1906
  • Storm 10 of 1893110 mph, October 2, 1893
  • Georges (1998)105 mph, September 28, 1998

All 18 storms with a landfall record in Mississippi

Also peaked at 115 mph

Of 64 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 4 of 1851no pressure recorded, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 4 of 1853no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Storm 5 of 1856969 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 6 of 1869950 mb, landfall in New York