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NHC AL041928 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1928

September 6, 1928 – September 21, 1928

Hurricane Unnamed 1928 storm peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,536 US cities, 630 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,536
At hurricane strength
630

when closest

States
12

Cities Unnamed 1928 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (319)

and 259 more

Pennsylvania (305)

and 245 more

Virginia (216)

and 156 more

North Carolina (215)

and 155 more

Maryland (172)

and 112 more

South Carolina (113)

and 53 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Georgia (43)

New York (40)

West Virginia (25)

District of Columbia (1)

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.