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Storm 5 of 1886 1886

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 12 to August 21, 1886

Storm 5 of 1886's 150 mph landfall in Texas on August 20, 1886 ranks tied for the strongest of the 95 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1886 Atlantic season matched the storm's 150 mph peak; the season had 12 storms. The storm's lowest pressure, 925 mb, was the lowest of the 26 Atlantic storms of the 1880s with a recorded pressure.

Track of Storm 5 of 1886 from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N20°N30°N100°W90°W80°W70°W60°WPort-au-PrinceSan AntonioCiego de ÁvilaTexas, 150 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 5 of 1886 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Aug 13Aug 14Aug 15Aug 16Aug 17Aug 18Aug 19Aug 20Aug 21mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 210 miles south-southeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Hurricane 175 miles west-southwest of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  3. Major hurricane 240 miles south-southwest of Houma, Louisiana
  4. Peak 105 miles southeast of Port Lavaca, Texas
  5. Landfall Texas
  6. Last record (tropical depression) 35 miles east of Lubbock, Texas

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 57th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure925 mb · tied 39th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy23.1 · 186th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.5 days · tied 292nd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1886 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 5 of 12 in 1886, hurricane 5 of 10; it formed after Storm 4 of 1886 and before Storm 6 of 1886. This storm produced 14% 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
Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti0 mi85 mphAugust 15
San Antonio, Texas1 mi85 mphAugust 20
Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara, Cuba2 mi65 mphAugust 17
Barahona, the Dominican Republic2 mi90 mphAugust 15
Ciego de Ávila, Cuba2 mi80 mphAugust 17
Manzanillo, Granma, Cuba7 mi90 mphAugust 16
Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba8 mi70 mphAugust 17
Placetas, Villa Clara, Cuba9 mi70 mphAugust 17

Every storm within 50 miles of Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

Similar landfalls in Texas

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

All 95 storms with a landfall record in Texas

Also peaked at 150 mph

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