Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable.
[3] On July 31 and August 1, a tropical cyclone was encountered by a steamer called the West Calera.
This tropical cyclone headed west-northwest and stayed south of the Hawaiian Islands.
It also flooded houses in Honuapo and Punaluu Beach, and collapsed flumes at Hutchinson Plantation.
Lawns at Diamond Head and Kahala were damaged, as were houses on the northern side of Oahu.
[6] This hurricane also damaged many houses, and blew down trees in mountainous areas.
This tropical cyclone was initially reported to have a pressure of 29.19 inHg (98.8 kPa uncorrected).
[9] Even in HURDAT, the modern "best track" database, there was no November tropical cyclone this intense until Hurricane Kenneth in 2011, which broke this record.