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NHC AL021882 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1882

September 2, 1882 – September 13, 1882

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1882 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,152 US cities, 112 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1882 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1882 (AL021882) from September 2, 1882 to September 13, 1882; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 10 at 127 mph (Category 3), 5 miles from Mary Esther, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,152 US cities, in 12 states and territories, most in North Carolina (304) and Georgia (244). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 6 miles from Navarre, FL; the centre came closest to Hurdle Mills, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,152
At hurricane strength
112

when closest

States
12
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Cities Unnamed 1882 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (86)

and 26 more

Florida (46)

Georgia (244)

and 184 more

New York (1)

Massachusetts (35)

New Jersey (47)

Maryland (62)

and 2 more

Delaware (28)

Puerto Rico (1)

Virginia (170)

and 110 more

North Carolina (304)

and 244 more

South Carolina (128)

and 68 more

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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.