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NHC AL011893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

June 12, 1893 – June 20, 1893

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 485 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1893 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL011893) from June 12, 1893 to June 20, 1893; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 15 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 9 miles from Perry, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 485 US cities, in 6 states, most in North Carolina (189) and South Carolina (113). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 32 miles from Panacea, FL; the centre came closest to Bolton, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
485
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (60)

Maryland (2)

Virginia (34)

North Carolina (189)

and 129 more

South Carolina (113)

and 53 more

Georgia (87)

and 27 more

Other storms of the 1893 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.