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NHC AL011852 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1852

August 19, 1852 – August 30, 1852

Hurricane Unnamed 1852 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 642 US cities, 87 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
642
At hurricane strength
87

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1852 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (216)

and 156 more

South Carolina (164)

and 104 more

Alabama (141)

and 81 more

North Carolina (63)

and 3 more

Mississippi (40)

Florida (13)

Louisiana (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.