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NHC AL031888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1888

August 14, 1888 – August 24, 1888

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

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.

The 1888 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1888 (AL031888) from August 14, 1888 to August 24, 1888; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 16 at 127 mph (Category 3), 3 miles from Miami Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3,401 US cities, in 23 states, most in Pennsylvania (692) and New Jersey (369). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 8 miles from Key Biscayne, FL; the centre came closest to Wrentham, MA, less than a mile away.

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

Florida (119)

and 59 more

Louisiana (152)

and 92 more

Mississippi (135)

and 75 more

Arkansas (36)

Tennessee (147)

and 87 more

Missouri (8)

Kentucky (252)

and 192 more

Maine (21)

Illinois (3)

Indiana (45)

Ohio (181)

and 121 more

West Virginia (132)

and 72 more

Pennsylvania (692)

and 632 more

Massachusetts (344)

and 284 more

New Hampshire (74)

and 14 more

Maryland (74)

and 14 more

Virginia (17)

Rhode Island (49)

New Jersey (369)

and 309 more

New York (361)

and 301 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Delaware (3)

Vermont (1)

Other storms of the 1888 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.