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NHC AL021886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

June 17, 1886 – June 24, 1886

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 663 US cities, 66 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1886 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1886 (AL021886) from June 17, 1886 to June 24, 1886; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 21 at 98 mph (Category 2), 22 miles from Crawfordville, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 663 US cities, in 5 states, most in North Carolina (255) and Georgia (173). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 23 miles from Perry, FL; the centre came closest to Gibsonville, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
663
At hurricane strength
66

when closest

States
5
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Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (36)

Georgia (173)

and 113 more

South Carolina (141)

and 81 more

North Carolina (255)

and 195 more

Virginia (58)

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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.