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NHC AL041896 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1896

September 22, 1896 – September 30, 1896

Hurricane Unnamed 1896 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,264 US cities, 713 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,264
At hurricane strength
713

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1896 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (285)

and 225 more

Virginia (226)

and 166 more

North Carolina (221)

and 161 more

South Carolina (167)

and 107 more

Florida (121)

and 61 more

New York (86)

and 26 more

Georgia (72)

and 12 more

Maryland (45)

West Virginia (40)

BC (1)

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.