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NHC AL031873 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1873

September 18, 1873 – September 20, 1873

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1873 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 288 US cities, 34 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1873 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1873 (AL031873) from September 18, 1873 to September 20, 1873; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 19 at 81 mph (Category 1), 6 miles from Panacea, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 288 US cities, in 4 states, most in Georgia (109) and South Carolina (90). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 12 miles from Carrabelle, FL; the centre came closest to Isle Of Palms, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
288
At hurricane strength
34

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1873 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (49)

Georgia (109)

and 49 more

North Carolina (40)

South Carolina (90)

and 30 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.