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NHC AL051888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1888

September 6, 1888 – September 13, 1888

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,828 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,828
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
16
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Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (447)

and 387 more

Massachusetts (329)

and 269 more

Florida (301)

and 241 more

New York (295)

and 235 more

North Carolina (245)

and 185 more

Connecticut (185)

and 125 more

South Carolina (168)

and 108 more

Maryland (167)

and 107 more

Virginia (163)

and 103 more

Pennsylvania (140)

and 80 more

Maine (107)

and 47 more

Georgia (105)

and 45 more

New Hampshire (89)

and 29 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (37)

District of Columbia (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.