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NHC AL011891 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1891

July 3, 1891 – July 8, 1891

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1891 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 306 US cities, 63 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1891 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1891 (AL011891) from July 3, 1891 to July 8, 1891; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 5 at 92 mph (Category 1), 15 miles from Freeport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 306 US cities, in 3 states, most in Texas (201) and Arkansas (53). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 43 miles from Palacios, TX; the centre came closest to Lake Jackson, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
306
At hurricane strength
63

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1891 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (201)

and 141 more

Louisiana (52)

Arkansas (53)

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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.