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Storm 2 of 1880 1880

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 4 to August 14, 1880

No storm in the record came ashore in Tamaulipas with stronger winds than Storm 2 of 1880's 150 mph landfall on August 13, 1880; 26 storms have a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1880 Atlantic season matched the storm's 150 mph peak; the season had 11 storms. The storm's lowest pressure, 931 mb, was the third-lowest of the 26 Atlantic storms of the 1880s with a recorded pressure.

Track of Storm 2 of 1880 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N100°W90°W80°W70°W60°WNuevo LaredoTamaulipas, 150 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 2 of 1880 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Aug 5Aug 7Aug 9Aug 11Aug 13mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 115 miles east-northeast of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  2. Hurricane 100 miles southeast of Port Morant, Saint Thomas, Jamaica
  3. Major hurricane 225 miles east-southeast of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  4. Peak 40 miles east-southeast of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  5. Landfall Tamaulipas
  6. Last record (tropical depression) 45 miles southwest of San Angelo, Texas

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 57th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure931 mb · tied 66th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy24.6 · tied 166th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone10.8 days · tied 196th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1880 season

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Storm 2 of 11 in 1880, hurricane 1 of 9; it formed after Storm 1 of 1880 and before Storm 3 of 1880. This storm produced 19% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. 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
Edinburg, Texas3 mi100 mphAugust 13
Harlingen, Texas4 mi120 mphAugust 13
Allende, Coahuila, Mexico6 mi50 mphAugust 14
Brownsville, Texas8 mi130 mphAugust 13
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico10 mi130 mphAugust 13
McAllen, Texas11 mi100 mphAugust 13
Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico12 mi70 mphAugust 9
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico16 mi65 mphAugust 13

Every storm within 50 miles of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Tamaulipas

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

All 26 storms with a landfall record in Tamaulipas

Also peaked at 150 mph

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