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NHC AL081893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

September 4, 1893 – September 9, 1893

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 283 US cities, 68 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
283
At hurricane strength
68

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (152)

and 92 more

Louisiana (106)

and 46 more

Alabama (25)

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.