NHC AL021857 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1857
September 6, 1857 – September 18, 1857
Hurricane Unnamed 1857 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 169 US cities, 119 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 169
- At hurricane strength
- 119
- States
- 3
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1857 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (132)
- SouthportCategory 2 · 5 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 2 · 7 mi
- BoliviaCategory 2 · 13 mi
- SupplyCategory 2 · 18 mi
- ShallotteCategory 2 · 22 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 2 · 24 mi
- Sunset BeachCategory 2 · 27 mi
- AshCategory 2 · 30 mi
- CalabashCategory 2 · 31 mi
- NakinaCategory 2 · 40 mi
- WhitevilleCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Tabor CityCategory 2 · 49 mi
- ChadbournCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Lake WaccamawCategory 2 · 41 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 2 · overhead
- Kure BeachCategory 2 · overhead
- WinnabowCategory 2 · 10 mi
- BoltonCategory 2 · 34 mi
- BladenboroCategory 2 · 62 mi
- DelcoCategory 2 · 27 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 2 · 31 mi
- ClarktonCategory 2 · 53 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 2 · 7 mi
- LelandCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 2 · 13 mi
- CurrieCategory 2 · 26 mi
- ElizabethtownCategory 2 · 57 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 2 · 33 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 2 · 16 mi
- HarrellsCategory 2 · 46 mi
- GarlandCategory 2 · 54 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 4 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 22 mi
- WillardCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 2 mi
- RoseboroCategory 1 · 65 mi
- AutryvilleCategory 1 · 72 mi
- WallaceCategory 1 · 32 mi
- TeacheyCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Rose HillCategory 1 · 38 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 42 mi
- ClintonCategory 1 · 58 mi
- SalemburgCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 15 mi
- WarsawCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Newton GroveCategory 1 · 70 mi
- BeulavilleCategory 1 · 30 mi
- KenansvilleCategory 1 · 40 mi
- FaisonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 1 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 5 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 8 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 20 mi
- Mount OliveCategory 1 · 54 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Pink HillCategory 1 · 33 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 9 mi
and 72 more
South Carolina (19)
- Little RiverCategory 2 · 33 mi
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 2 · 34 mi
- LongsCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Pawleys IslandCategory 2 · 49 mi
- LorisCategory 2 · 51 mi
- ConwayCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Green SeaCategory 2 · 58 mi
- GeorgetownCategory 2 · 60 mi
- AynorCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Galivants FerryCategory 2 · 66 mi
- NicholsCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 2 · 67 mi
- HemingwayCategory 2 · 69 mi
- GreshamCategory 2 · 73 mi
- MullinsCategory 2 · 74 mi
- Lake ViewCategory 2 · 74 mi
Virginia (18)
- Virginia BeachTropical storm · 40 mi
- ChesapeakeTropical storm · 42 mi
- PortsmouthTropical storm · 48 mi
- NorfolkTropical storm · 48 mi
- SuffolkTropical storm · 53 mi
- HamptonTropical storm · 60 mi
- CarrolltonTropical storm · 60 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 62 mi
- WindsorTropical storm · 62 mi
- PoquosonTropical storm · 66 mi
- SmithfieldTropical storm · 66 mi
- ZuniTropical storm · 66 mi
- Cape CharlesTropical storm · 67 mi
- Newport NewsTropical storm · 67 mi
- YorktownTropical storm · 69 mi
- CourtlandTropical storm · 70 mi
- SeafordTropical storm · 70 mi
- Fort EustisTropical storm · 73 mi
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.