1867 San Narciso hurricane
Wrecks in the Harbor of Saint Thomas | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 27, 1867 |
| Dissipated | October 31, 1867 |
| Category 3 major hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 125 mph (205 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 952 mbar (hPa); 28.11 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | >811 |
| Damage | $1 million (1867 USD) |
| Areas affected | Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1867 Atlantic hurricane season | |
The San Narciso Hurricane was an record-breaking, extremely deadly Atlantic hurricane that caused devastation to the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in 1867. Forming abnormally late for a Lesser Antilles hurricane, it went on to be the costliest and deadliest storm of the 1867 Atlantic hurricane season. It is the only hurricane in the official database to have struck Puerto Rico after September, doing so over a month later than the next latest hurricane. It is also the only hurricane known to have struck the territory from the northwest.
The storm is infamous for striking just 20 days prior to the devastating 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami in the same region.
In a 2014 analysis, climate historian Michael Chenoweth suggested that the storm reached Category 4 intensity. In total, it caused at least 811 deaths in Saint Thomas (Danish West Indies) and Captaincy General of Puerto Rico and around $1 million (1867 USD) in damage.