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NHC AL091893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

September 25, 1893 – October 15, 1893

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,334 US cities, 852 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,334
At hurricane strength
852

when closest

States
11

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (255)

and 195 more

New York (247)

and 187 more

Virginia (231)

and 171 more

North Carolina (227)

and 167 more

Maryland (135)

and 75 more

South Carolina (96)

and 36 more

Florida (93)

and 33 more

West Virginia (26)

Georgia (22)

BC (1)

District of Columbia (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.