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NHC AL011900 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1900

August 27, 1900 – September 15, 1900

Hurricane Unnamed 1900 storm peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,534 US cities, 226 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,534
At hurricane strength
226

when closest

States
13

Cities Unnamed 1900 storm passed near, strongest first

Michigan (348)

and 288 more

Texas (341)

and 281 more

Illinois (241)

and 181 more

Wisconsin (163)

and 103 more

Iowa (148)

and 88 more

Oklahoma (108)

and 48 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

New York (49)

Vermont (27)

Maine (13)

Missouri (6)

Florida (3)

New Hampshire (1)

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.