AL031854 | 1854 season

Great Carolina

Pre-ONI 1FL impact Major Hurricane (Cat 3+) Rapid Intensification

Formed: 1854-09-07
Dissipated: 1854-09-12
Peak wind: 110 kt
Lifetime category: 3
Min pressure: 938 mb (lifetime)
Florida date: 1854-09-08
Approach: atlantic
FL regions: NE1
Center landfall: no
ENSO (ASO ONI): pre-1950, no ONI
Peak surge (FL): none exists for this era

Surge: no curated record, and none is likely to exist. Reliable landfall-zone surge observation generally predates neither the modern gauge network nor NHC Tropical Cyclone Reports for storms of this era; surge comparisons on this site skew modern as a result (disclosed on the methodology page).

Track

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Intensity

Maximum sustained wind over the storm lifetime, with Saffir-Simpson thresholds and the Florida-relevant date marked. All values from HURDAT2.

Official Sources

No per-storm graphical track exists for storms before 1995.

How This Record Was Built

join: pressure_match | confidence: high | pressure diff: 12mb | enrichment v1.3.0 | status: machine_enriched

Impact facts from the NOAA Continental US Hurricane Impacts table; track and intensity from NOAA HURDAT2; ENSO phase from CPC ONI. Full rules on the methodology page.