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NHC AL111878 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1878

October 18, 1878 – October 25, 1878

Hurricane Unnamed 1878 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,247 US cities, 1,529 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,247
At hurricane strength
1,529

when closest

States
16

Cities Unnamed 1878 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (483)

and 423 more

Massachusetts (325)

and 265 more

New York (275)

and 215 more

Maryland (216)

and 156 more

New Jersey (214)

and 154 more

Virginia (191)

and 131 more

North Carolina (144)

and 84 more

New Hampshire (130)

and 70 more

Florida (76)

and 16 more

Connecticut (75)

and 15 more

Maine (39)

Vermont (29)

Rhode Island (19)

West Virginia (15)

Delaware (15)

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.