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NHC AL061893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

August 15, 1893 – September 2, 1893

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,981 US cities, 445 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,981
At hurricane strength
445

when closest

States
19
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Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (459)

and 399 more

New Jersey (407)

and 347 more

New York (380)

and 320 more

Virginia (255)

and 195 more

North Carolina (211)

and 151 more

Maryland (210)

and 150 more

Massachusetts (193)

and 133 more

South Carolina (174)

and 114 more

Maine (155)

and 95 more

Connecticut (151)

and 91 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Florida (94)

and 34 more

Georgia (66)

and 6 more

Vermont (41)

West Virginia (24)

Delaware (16)

District of Columbia (1)

BC (1)

Rhode Island (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.