Skip to content

NHC AL031891 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1891

August 18, 1891 – August 25, 1891

Hurricane Unnamed 1891 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 131 US cities, 76 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
131
At hurricane strength
76

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1891 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (72)

and 12 more

Puerto Rico (59)

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.