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NHC AL041879 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1879

August 29, 1879 – September 2, 1879

Hurricane Unnamed 1879 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 346 US cities, 130 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
346
At hurricane strength
130

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (160)

and 100 more

Louisiana (131)

and 71 more

Alabama (55)

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.