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NHC AL011896 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1896

July 4, 1896 – July 12, 1896

Hurricane Unnamed 1896 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 332 US cities, 90 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
332
At hurricane strength
90

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1896 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (214)

and 154 more

Alabama (68)

and 8 more

Florida (50)

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.