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NHC AL061880 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1880

September 6, 1880 – September 11, 1880

Hurricane Unnamed 1880 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 310 US cities, 165 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
310
At hurricane strength
165

when closest

States
6

Cities Unnamed 1880 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (119)

and 59 more

Florida (71)

and 11 more

South Carolina (58)

Georgia (57)

Virginia (4)

Massachusetts (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.