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NHC AL011886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

June 13, 1886 – June 15, 1886

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 272 US cities, 85 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
272
At hurricane strength
85

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (141)

and 81 more

Texas (77)

and 17 more

Mississippi (54)

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.