 The Key West Hurricane of 1861 

A month after the dissipation of the first hurricane, another tropical storm formed north of Hispaniola on August 13.Ludlum (1963) described the "Key West Hurricane" between August 14 and 16, and it was determined that the system had, in fact, surpassed the threshold for hurricane status based on wind observations from two ships.The storm skirted the north coast of Cuba as it moved west-northwest and passed through the Florida Straits.