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NHC AL021882 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1882

September 2, 1882 – September 13, 1882

Hurricane Unnamed 1882 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,152 US cities, 112 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,152
At hurricane strength
112

when closest

States
12

Cities Unnamed 1882 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (304)

and 244 more

Georgia (244)

and 184 more

Virginia (170)

and 110 more

South Carolina (128)

and 68 more

Alabama (86)

and 26 more

Maryland (62)

and 2 more

New Jersey (47)

Florida (46)

Massachusetts (35)

Delaware (28)

New York (1)

Puerto Rico (1)

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.