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NHC AL021879 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1879

August 13, 1879 – August 20, 1879

Hurricane Unnamed 1879 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 829 US cities, 785 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
829
At hurricane strength
785

when closest

States
12

Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (218)

and 158 more

New York (157)

and 97 more

North Carolina (101)

and 41 more

New Jersey (101)

and 41 more

Connecticut (79)

and 19 more

Rhode Island (49)

Puerto Rico (41)

Virginia (38)

Delaware (22)

Maryland (18)

Maine (3)

South Carolina (2)

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.