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NHC AL011898 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1898

August 2, 1898 – August 3, 1898

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1898 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 312 US cities, 13 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1898 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1898 (AL011898) from August 2, 1898 to August 3, 1898; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 2 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Hobe Sound, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 312 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (236) and Alabama (73). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 2 miles from Eastpoint, FL; the centre came closest to Palm City, FL, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
312
At hurricane strength
13

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (236)

and 176 more

Georgia (3)

Alabama (73)

and 13 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.