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NHC AL051881 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1881

August 21, 1881 – August 29, 1881

Hurricane Unnamed 1881 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 463 US cities, 60 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
463
At hurricane strength
60

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1881 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (182)

and 122 more

Georgia (176)

and 116 more

Mississippi (85)

and 25 more

South Carolina (12)

Tennessee (5)

Puerto Rico (2)

Florida (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.