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NHC AL021876 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1876

September 12, 1876 – September 19, 1876

Hurricane Unnamed 1876 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,318 US cities, 334 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,318
At hurricane strength
334

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1876 storm passed near, strongest first

New York (299)

and 239 more

Pennsylvania (258)

and 198 more

Virginia (205)

and 145 more

Maryland (193)

and 133 more

North Carolina (174)

and 114 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Florida (69)

and 9 more

West Virginia (23)

South Carolina (10)

District of Columbia (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.