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NHC AL021908 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1908

May 24, 1908 – May 31, 1908

Hurricane Unnamed 1908 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,096 US cities, 36 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,096
At hurricane strength
36

when closest

States
9

Cities Unnamed 1908 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (326)

and 266 more

Connecticut (181)

and 121 more

New York (177)

and 117 more

Maine (157)

and 97 more

New Hampshire (128)

and 68 more

Rhode Island (49)

North Carolina (38)

New Jersey (38)

Vermont (2)

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.