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NHC AL021896 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1896

August 30, 1896 – September 11, 1896

Hurricane Unnamed 1896 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 711 US cities, 107 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
711
At hurricane strength
107

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1896 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (288)

and 228 more

Maine (150)

and 90 more

New Hampshire (110)

and 50 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (27)

New York (1)

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.