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NHC AL011888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1888

June 16, 1888 – June 18, 1888

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 120 US cities, 7 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1888 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1888 (AL011888) from June 16, 1888 to June 18, 1888; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 17 at 81 mph (Category 1), 22 miles from Bay City, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 120 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 28 miles from Freeport, TX; the centre came closest to Bay City, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
120
At hurricane strength
7

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (120)

and 60 more

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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.