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NHC AL011860 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1860

August 8, 1860 – August 16, 1860

Hurricane Unnamed 1860 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 430 US cities, 138 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
430
At hurricane strength
138

when closest

States
6

Cities Unnamed 1860 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (149)

and 89 more

Alabama (92)

and 32 more

Louisiana (65)

and 5 more

Florida (48)

Mississippi (40)

South Carolina (36)

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.