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NHC AL011867 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1867

June 21, 1867 – June 23, 1867

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1867 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 328 US cities, 38 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1867 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1867 (AL011867) from June 21, 1867 to June 23, 1867; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 22 at 81 mph (Category 1), 6 miles from Awendaw, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 328 US cities, in 5 states, most in North Carolina (204) and South Carolina (112). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 2 miles from Isle Of Palms, SC; the centre came closest to Lillington, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
328
At hurricane strength
38

when closest

States
5

Cities Unnamed 1867 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (112)

and 52 more

Georgia (2)

Florida (9)

North Carolina (204)

and 144 more

Virginia (1)

  • AltonTropical storm · 75 mi

Other storms of the 1867 season

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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.