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NHC AL051855 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1855

September 15, 1855 – September 17, 1855

Hurricane Unnamed 1855 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 222 US cities, 112 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
222
At hurricane strength
112

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1855 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (103)

and 43 more

Alabama (60)

Louisiana (59)

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.