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NHC AL041880 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1880

August 24, 1880 – September 1, 1880

Hurricane Unnamed 1880 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 375 US cities, 89 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
375
At hurricane strength
89

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1880 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (259)

and 199 more

Alabama (76)

and 16 more

Mississippi (40)

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.