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NHC AL011898 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1898

August 2, 1898 – August 3, 1898

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.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
312
At hurricane strength
13

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (236)

and 176 more

Alabama (73)

and 13 more

Georgia (3)

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.