NHC AL031883 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1883
September 4, 1883 – September 13, 1883
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1883 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 361 US cities, 76 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1883 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1883 (AL031883) from September 4, 1883 to September 13, 1883; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 11 at 104 mph (Category 2), 1 mile from Sunset Beach, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 361 US cities, in 4 states and territories, most in North Carolina (214) and Virginia (105). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 70 miles from Boqueron, PR; the centre came closest to Moseley, VA, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 361
- At hurricane strength
- 76
- States
- 4
127 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1883 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (214)
- Sunset BeachCategory 2 · overhead
- CalabashCategory 2 · 4 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 2 · 3 mi
- ShallotteCategory 2 · 6 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 2 · 21 mi
- SupplyCategory 2 · 10 mi
- SouthportCategory 2 · 24 mi
- BoliviaCategory 2 · 16 mi
- AshCategory 2 · 1 mi
- NakinaCategory 2 · 11 mi
- Tabor CityCategory 2 · 21 mi
- Kure BeachCategory 2 · 32 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 32 mi
- WinnabowCategory 1 · 23 mi
- ChadbournCategory 1 · 23 mi
- WhitevilleCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Lake WaccamawCategory 1 · 6 mi
- DelcoCategory 1 · 9 mi
- LelandCategory 1 · 21 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 1 · 31 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 1 · 36 mi
- BoltonCategory 1 · 2 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 1 · 7 mi
- FairmontCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 1 · 29 mi
- ClarktonCategory 1 · 15 mi
- CurrieCategory 1 · 16 mi
- RowlandCategory 1 · 51 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 42 mi
- BladenboroCategory 1 · 23 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 1 · 29 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 1 · 11 mi
- LumbertonCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 47 mi
- ElizabethtownTropical storm · 13 mi
- BurgawTropical storm · 25 mi
- PembrokeTropical storm · 47 mi
- Sneads FerryTropical storm · 54 mi
- MaxtonTropical storm · 55 mi
- LaurinburgTropical storm · 63 mi
- HarrellsTropical storm · 2 mi
- WillardTropical storm · 16 mi
- Laurel HillTropical storm · 69 mi
- Saint PaulsTropical storm · 35 mi
- Red SpringsTropical storm · 50 mi
- Maple HillTropical storm · 39 mi
- ShannonTropical storm · 45 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 58 mi
- GarlandTropical storm · 4 mi
- WallaceTropical storm · 21 mi
- TeacheyTropical storm · 18 mi
- Lumber BridgeTropical storm · 43 mi
- WagramTropical storm · 61 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 64 mi
- Rose HillTropical storm · 16 mi
- ParktonTropical storm · 38 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 55 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 58 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 70 mi
- Hope MillsTropical storm · 35 mi
and 154 more
South Carolina (39)
- Little RiverCategory 2 · 8 mi
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 2 · 10 mi
- LongsCategory 2 · 14 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 2 · 25 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 2 · 26 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 2 · 29 mi
- ConwayCategory 2 · 32 mi
- Pawleys IslandCategory 2 · 34 mi
- AynorCategory 2 · 38 mi
- Galivants FerryCategory 2 · 40 mi
- GeorgetownCategory 2 · 44 mi
- GreshamCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 2 · 51 mi
- HemingwayCategory 2 · 51 mi
- JohnsonvilleCategory 2 · 55 mi
- AndrewsCategory 2 · 60 mi
- AwendawCategory 2 · 61 mi
- PamplicoCategory 2 · 62 mi
- Isle Of PalmsCategory 2 · 68 mi
- HugerCategory 2 · 70 mi
- Mount PleasantCategory 2 · 71 mi
- CowardCategory 2 · 71 mi
- Sullivans IslandCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Lake CityCategory 2 · 72 mi
- ScrantonCategory 2 · 72 mi
- KingstreeCategory 2 · 73 mi
- EffinghamCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Daniel IslandCategory 2 · 74 mi
- LorisCategory 2 · 24 mi
- FlorenceCategory 2 · 75 mi
- MarionCategory 2 · 53 mi
- MullinsCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Green SeaCategory 1 · 29 mi
- NicholsCategory 1 · 38 mi
- LattaCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Lake ViewCategory 1 · 44 mi
- DillonCategory 1 · 54 mi
- HamerCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Mc CollCategory 1 · 67 mi
Virginia (105)
- BrodnaxTropical storm · 2 mi
- La CrosseTropical storm · 6 mi
- BraceyTropical storm · 7 mi
- LawrencevilleTropical storm · 8 mi
- Mc KenneyTropical storm · 8 mi
- KenbridgeTropical storm · 11 mi
- South HillTropical storm · 12 mi
- VictoriaTropical storm · 18 mi
- BoydtonTropical storm · 18 mi
- EmporiaTropical storm · 22 mi
- JarrattTropical storm · 25 mi
- MeherrinTropical storm · 27 mi
- Chase CityTropical storm · 29 mi
- ClarksvilleTropical storm · 31 mi
- KeysvilleTropical storm · 31 mi
- Drakes BranchTropical storm · 34 mi
- CapronTropical storm · 40 mi
- Charlotte Court HouseTropical storm · 41 mi
- CourtlandTropical storm · 48 mi
- MaidensTropical storm · 49 mi
- Glen AllenTropical storm · 51 mi
- RockvilleTropical storm · 51 mi
- South BostonTropical storm · 53 mi
- MechanicsvilleTropical storm · 53 mi
- HalifaxTropical storm · 54 mi
- BrooknealTropical storm · 56 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 56 mi
- AshlandTropical storm · 57 mi
- MontpelierTropical storm · 57 mi
- NathalieTropical storm · 58 mi
- AltonTropical storm · 58 mi
- New KentTropical storm · 59 mi
- ZuniTropical storm · 60 mi
- HanoverTropical storm · 60 mi
- ScottsvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- PalmyraTropical storm · 64 mi
- GladysTropical storm · 64 mi
- King WilliamTropical storm · 65 mi
- WindsorTropical storm · 65 mi
- BeaverdamTropical storm · 66 mi
- BumpassTropical storm · 67 mi
- AylettTropical storm · 67 mi
- LouisaTropical storm · 69 mi
- TroyTropical storm · 69 mi
- RustburgTropical storm · 69 mi
- MineralTropical storm · 70 mi
- Ruther GlenTropical storm · 70 mi
- West PointTropical storm · 70 mi
- RinggoldTropical storm · 71 mi
- KeswickTropical storm · 75 mi
- BlackstoneTropical storm · 6 mi
- CreweTropical storm · 14 mi
- DinwiddieTropical storm · 17 mi
- BurkevilleTropical storm · 20 mi
- PamplinTropical storm · 45 mi
- WakefieldTropical storm · 50 mi
- Spout SpringTropical storm · 59 mi
- ConcordTropical storm · 62 mi
- Church RoadTropical storm · 9 mi
- SutherlandTropical storm · 15 mi
and 45 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.