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Storm 1 of 1856 1856

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 9 to August 12, 1856

Storm 1 of 1856's 150 mph landfall in Louisiana on August 10, 1856 ranks tied for the strongest of the 98 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1856 Atlantic season matched the storm's 150 mph peak; the season had 6 storms. The storm's lowest pressure, 934 mb, was the second-lowest of the 10 Atlantic storms of the 1850s with a recorded pressure.

Track of Storm 1 of 1856 from the best-track record, coloured by strength25°N30°N95°W90°W85°W80°WBaton RougeLouisiana, 150 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 1 of 1856 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Aug 10Aug 11Aug 12mph
  1. First record (hurricane) 135 miles west-northwest of Key West, Florida
  2. Major hurricane 240 miles south of Pensacola, Florida
  3. Peak 65 miles south-southeast of Houma, Louisiana
  4. Landfall Louisiana
  5. Last record (tropical storm) 30 miles southeast of Natchez, Mississippi

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 57th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure934 mb · tied 79th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy11.8 · 450th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone3.2 days · tied 1306th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1856 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 1 of 6 in 1856, hurricane 1 of 4; it formed before Storm 2 of 1856. This storm produced 24% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 5 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
New Iberia, Louisiana1 mi90 mphAugust 11
Lafayette, Louisiana9 mi75 mphAugust 11
Natchez, Mississippi28 mi45 mphAugust 12
Houma, Louisiana35 mi150 mphAugust 10
Baton Rouge, Louisiana39 mi50 mphAugust 11

Every storm within 50 miles of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Similar landfalls in Louisiana

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Louisiana came closest to this one's 150 mph:

All 98 storms with a landfall record in Louisiana

Also peaked at 150 mph

Of 27 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: