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NHC AL021898 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1898

August 30, 1898 – September 1, 1898

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1898 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 318 US cities, 40 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1898 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1898 (AL021898) from August 30, 1898 to September 1, 1898; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 31 at 86 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Tybee Island, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 318 US cities, in 3 states, most in Georgia (214) and Alabama (56). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 6 miles from Tybee Island, GA; the centre came closest to Jeffersonville, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
318
At hurricane strength
40

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (214)

and 154 more

South Carolina (48)

Alabama (56)

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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.