Two suspiciously similar hurricanes from 1887

[Cyclenall]

I was browsing through some Unisys hurricane data and I came across the year 1887 and I found two hurricanes that occurred in mid to late August but were very very similar but still both separate hurricanes: http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... index.html

They are Hurricane 6 and Hurricane 7; both were category 3 at peak and at about the same time, both took a very similar track and nearly at the same strength, both occurred within 4 days of each, and both formed almost at the same spot (just east of the northern islands). I think it's one in the same .

Hurricane #6: http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif

Hurricane #7: http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... /track.gif

[Cryomaniac]

That's odd as hell if they were two different storms, but of course it's possible they were the same storm.

[Cyclone1]

Separate, freak storms. I've noticed that before, and it's the only such occurrence I can think of. But I'm sure they're different.

[brunota2003]

Or neither existed? I just looked through my "North Carolina's Hurricane History" book (published by Jay Barnes) and found no mention of either storm...and looking at the track, I would of expected some mention of damage somewhere from Eastern NC, considering the fact that it practicly brushed us...But not even a mere sentence on them, skips from 1885ish to 1893.

Edit: Checked another source and found this:

August 20, 1887
Damage was heavy from this severe hurricane which was first spotted several hundred miles northeast of Puerto Rico on the 16th, then moved rapidly along practically the classic path, passing east of Hatters on the 20th. Maximum five-minute wind was 82 mph at Hatteras. The storm was said to have been severe in the Pamlico Sound area, where many vessels were lost and houses blown down. News dispatches concerning this storm ranged from flippant "We had an elegant breeze last night. Some extreme southern friends became excited. Others thought the breeze superb" (from Morehead City) to (two days later) "The storm of Saturday did great damage to the coast." The anemometer blew away at Kitty Hawk, where the observer stated that the fury of the storm was indescrible. As was usually the case when a hurricane struck or passed nearby, the Outer Banks telegraph line was damaged, so that little or no information came from that area for at least several days.
Another storm followed nearly the same path a few days later, but lay somewhat farther offshore and so had much less effect on land areas.

Apparently, they are two seperate storms.

[Cyclone1]

Or neither existed? I just looked through my "North Carolina's Hurricane History" book (published by Jay Barnes) and found no mention of either storm...and looking at the track, I would of expected some mention of damage somewhere from Eastern NC, considering the fact that it practicly brushed us...But not even a mere sentence on them, skips from 1885ish to 1893.

Perhaps they were very small with minimal effects.

[brunota2003]

Or neither existed? I just looked through my "North Carolina's Hurricane History" book (published by Jay Barnes) and found no mention of either storm...and looking at the track, I would of expected some mention of damage somewhere from Eastern NC, considering the fact that it practicly brushed us...But not even a mere sentence on them, skips from 1885ish to 1893.

Edit: Checked another source and found this:

August 20, 1887
Damage was heavy from this severe hurricane which was first spotted several hundred miles northeast of Puerto Rico on the 16th, then moved rapidly along practically the classic path, passing east of Hatters on the 20th. Maximum five-minute wind was 82 mph at Hatteras. The storm was said to have been severe in the Pamlico Sound area, where many vessels were lost and houses blown down. News dispatches concerning this storm ranged from flippant "We had an elegant breeze last night. Some extreme southern friends became excited. Others thought the breeze superb" (from Morehead City) to (two days later) "The storm of Saturday did great damage to the coast." The anemometer blew away at Kitty Hawk, where the observer stated that the fury of the storm was indescrible. As was usually the case when a hurricane struck or passed nearby, the Outer Banks telegraph line was damaged, so that little or no information came from that area for at least several days.
Another storm followed nearly the same path a few days later, but lay somewhat farther offshore and so had much less effect on land areas.

Apparently, they are two seperate storms.

Sorry it took so long, but here is the source to that:
http://web.archive.org/web/199706071454 ... cnb19t.htm

Yes, yes...I know I like to dig around in the archives WAY too much, but one would be surprised at the amount of stuff I've found from my local NWS that has been lost. I'm trying to save as much as I can of it and repost it on my site, as a lot of the stuff are old Case Studies and satellite images (the good stuff only )