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NHC AL031886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

June 27, 1886 – July 2, 1886

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 811 US cities, 61 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1886 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1886 (AL031886) from June 27, 1886 to July 2, 1886; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 30 at 98 mph (Category 2), 10 miles from Apalachicola, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 811 US cities, in 9 states, most in North Carolina (241) and South Carolina (171). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 13 miles from Port St Joe, FL; the centre came closest to Lynchburg, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
811
At hurricane strength
61

when closest

States
9
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Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (43)

Alabama (2)

Georgia (143)

and 83 more

South Carolina (171)

and 111 more

North Carolina (241)

and 181 more

Virginia (119)

and 59 more

Maryland (58)

Delaware (26)

New Jersey (8)

Other storms of the 1886 season

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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.