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NHC AL031854 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1854

September 7, 1854 – September 12, 1854

Hurricane Unnamed 1854 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 626 US cities, 118 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
626
At hurricane strength
118

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1854 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (268)

and 208 more

South Carolina (169)

and 109 more

Georgia (78)

and 18 more

Virginia (59)

Florida (42)

Maryland (8)

Delaware (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.