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NHC AL031858 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1858

September 14, 1858 – September 17, 1858

Hurricane Unnamed 1858 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,234 US cities, 732 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,234
At hurricane strength
732

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1858 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (319)

and 259 more

Florida (197)

and 137 more

Connecticut (181)

and 121 more

New York (165)

and 105 more

Maine (147)

and 87 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (14)

New Jersey (12)

North Carolina (8)

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.