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NHC AL021877 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1877

September 14, 1877 – September 21, 1877

Hurricane Unnamed 1877 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 360 US cities, 163 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
360
At hurricane strength
163

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1877 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (99)

and 39 more

Florida (92)

and 32 more

Louisiana (73)

and 13 more

Alabama (60)

Mississippi (20)

Texas (13)

South Carolina (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.