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NHC AL041894 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1894

September 18, 1894 – October 1, 1894

Hurricane Unnamed 1894 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 670 US cities, 363 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
670
At hurricane strength
363

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1894 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (249)

and 189 more

North Carolina (130)

and 70 more

South Carolina (126)

and 66 more

Georgia (42)

New Jersey (36)

Massachusetts (28)

New York (22)

Virginia (21)

Delaware (9)

Maryland (7)

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.