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NHC AL021889 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1889

June 15, 1889 – June 20, 1889

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1889 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 216 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1889 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1889 (AL021889) from June 15, 1889 to June 20, 1889; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 17 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Inglis, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 216 US cities, in 4 states, most in Florida (149) and North Carolina (41). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 31 miles from Homosassa, FL; the centre came closest to Jacksonville Beach, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
216
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1889 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (149)

and 89 more

North Carolina (41)

South Carolina (11)

Georgia (15)

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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.