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NHC AL031886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

June 27, 1886 – July 2, 1886

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 811 US cities, 61 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
811
At hurricane strength
61

when closest

States
9

Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (241)

and 181 more

South Carolina (171)

and 111 more

Georgia (143)

and 83 more

Virginia (119)

and 59 more

Maryland (58)

Florida (43)

Delaware (26)

New Jersey (8)

Alabama (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.