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NHC AL031888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1888

August 14, 1888 – August 24, 1888

Hurricane Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3,401 US cities, 297 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
3,401
At hurricane strength
297

when closest

States
23
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Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (692)

and 632 more

New Jersey (369)

and 309 more

New York (361)

and 301 more

Massachusetts (344)

and 284 more

Kentucky (252)

and 192 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Ohio (181)

and 121 more

Louisiana (152)

and 92 more

Tennessee (147)

and 87 more

Mississippi (135)

and 75 more

West Virginia (132)

and 72 more

Florida (119)

and 59 more

New Hampshire (74)

and 14 more

Maryland (74)

and 14 more

Rhode Island (49)

Indiana (45)

Arkansas (36)

Maine (21)

Virginia (17)

Missouri (8)

Illinois (3)

Delaware (3)

Vermont (1)

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.