Research on 1825 Hurricane

[HUC]

Since a few years,i'am working on the hurricane that devastated Guadeloupe and Puerto-Rico(Jully 1825).
I had local relations,that made me think that this hurricane,when passing my location,then Puerto-Rico,was certainly a strong cat 4,perhaps a cat 5("the forest was like if fire was passing" "pieces of wood buried in the ground,requiring 3 men to take off" 'the wind was so violent,that ligtning was observed around the walls","the sea arrived near the church"(300 m in town),etc...,and 450 dead in Basse-Terre.
What is sure,is the fact that it was a very small hurricane,because the devastations were extreme in an area 20 miles wide over the southern tip of Guadeloupe,and that the strong winds blowed during 3 hours.
If some of you had info,particulary Cycloneye in archives,i will be very interesting
Thank's to all of you;it is very important to known the past..

[cycloneye]

http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TFFR_all_isl.htm

I found this not in 1825 but from 1851 to present and look how Guadeloupe looks with all those lines crossing that island.

[HUC]

Thank's for your reply,cycloneye.I know that my research is difficult because of the near 180 years passing .But i will persist and hope that i can arrived to a fine description of this fantastic storm. It's name was "Santa Anna" in your location i think??

[*StOrmsPr*]

1825, July 26-27 A very violent hurricane, known as Santa Ana, which was very destructive in Puerto Rico.

link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/sju/hrcnhist.html


en un google search! :

http://www.juracan.com/new_pages/tipos_huracan.html

Huracán Categoría 4
Vientos sostenidos de 131 a 155 millas por hora. Se le considera como un huracán extremo.
Santa Ana - 1825
San Ciprián - 1932
Luis - 1955
Georges - 1998

[Hyperstorm]

Destructive and historic hurricane...

*Over 350 people dead and more than 1200 injured in Puerto Rico.

*Destroyed the poorest neighborhoods in San Juan leaving the city isolated from the rest of the island.
*Its diameter was so small that it didn't affect all the towns in Puerto Rico, mostly the Northern, Central, and Eastern parts of the island.

*Pressure dropped to a historic 27.10 inches (918 mb) in Guadeloupe. This is the lowest pressure that Guadeloupe has recorded in a hurricane.

If the pressure of 918 mb is correct, this could have possibly been a category 5 storm as it affected the island of Guadeloupe and even Puerto Rico, impressively, during the month of July.

[HUC]

Hyperstorm,where you got the reading of 918mb?This sis a very important information.Thank's for this reply,really

[weatherwindow]

check Andres Poey......probably the most likely source.......i will check too......rich

[Hyperstorm]

I found it in a book which I loaned. It didn't provide the source, but data from Guadeloupe proves it. I would recommend you ask any knowledgeable Meteorologist in Guadeloupe for this reading. They might provide you with additional details.

[HUC]

In the book of Tannehill"Hurricanes",he says that the pressure felt 1.86 inches,so that's around 28.14 inches.In Guadeloupe,there are no reliable info in the meteorological records.So,i will try in the archives sources.
Thank's to all,once again.If i got other info,i will mailed them.