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NHC AL031879 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1879

August 19, 1879 – August 24, 1879

Hurricane Unnamed 1879 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 290 US cities, 101 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
290
At hurricane strength
101

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (140)

and 80 more

Arkansas (89)

and 29 more

Louisiana (61)

and 1 more

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.