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NHC AL091880 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1880

October 5, 1880 – October 10, 1880

Hurricane Unnamed 1880 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 187 US cities, 146 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
187
At hurricane strength
146

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1880 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (182)

and 122 more

Georgia (5)

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.