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NHC AL041893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

August 15, 1893 – August 26, 1893

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,470 US cities, 1,125 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,470
At hurricane strength
1,125

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (450)

and 390 more

New York (437)

and 377 more

Connecticut (167)

and 107 more

New Hampshire (104)

and 44 more

Massachusetts (98)

and 38 more

Pennsylvania (85)

and 25 more

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

Maine (41)

Delaware (10)

Maryland (3)

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.