Skip to content

NHC AL021898 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1898

August 30, 1898 – September 1, 1898

Hurricane Unnamed 1898 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 318 US cities, 40 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
318
At hurricane strength
40

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (214)

and 154 more

Alabama (56)

South Carolina (48)

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.