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NHC AL081886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

September 16, 1886 – September 24, 1886

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 124 US cities, 57 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
124
At hurricane strength
57

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (124)

and 64 more

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.