NHC AL031893 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1893
August 13, 1893 – August 25, 1893
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1893 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL031893) from August 13, 1893 to August 25, 1893; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 1 mile from Maunabo, PR; the centre came closest to Camuy, PR, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 86
- States
- 1
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- MaunaboCategory 3 · overhead
- YabucoaCategory 3 · 5 mi
- HumacaoCategory 3 · 11 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 3 · 13 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 3 · 14 mi
- NaguaboCategory 3 · 18 mi
- ViequesCategory 3 · 19 mi
- CeibaCategory 3 · 23 mi
- FajardoCategory 3 · 27 mi
- LuquilloCategory 3 · 28 mi
- PatillasCategory 3 · 2 mi
- ArroyoCategory 3 · 5 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 3 · 8 mi
- JuncosCategory 3 · 14 mi
- CanovanasCategory 3 · 22 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 3 · 25 mi
- LoizaCategory 3 · 27 mi
- CayeyCategory 3 · overhead
- GuayamaCategory 3 · 7 mi
- CaguasCategory 3 · 11 mi
- AguirreCategory 3 · 11 mi
- GuraboCategory 3 · 14 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 3 · 19 mi
- CarolinaCategory 3 · 22 mi
- AibonitoCategory 3 · 2 mi
- CidraCategory 3 · 3 mi
- ComerioCategory 3 · 5 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 3 · 9 mi
- SalinasCategory 3 · 11 mi
- BayamonCategory 3 · 16 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 3 · 17 mi
- CatanoCategory 3 · 21 mi
- San JuanCategory 3 · 21 mi
- BarranquitasCategory 3 · 1 mi
- CorozalCategory 3 · 7 mi
- CoamoCategory 3 · 7 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 3 · 8 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 3 · 14 mi
- Santa IsabelCategory 3 · 15 mi
- DoradoCategory 3 · 17 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 3 · 18 mi
- OrocovisCategory 2 · 1 mi
- MorovisCategory 2 · 5 mi
- VillalbaCategory 2 · 9 mi
- Vega BajaCategory 2 · 14 mi
- Vega AltaCategory 2 · 14 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 2 · 14 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 2 · 15 mi
- MerceditaCategory 2 · 18 mi
- PonceCategory 2 · 19 mi
- CialesCategory 2 · 2 mi
- FloridaCategory 2 · 4 mi
- JayuyaCategory 2 · 6 mi
- ManatiCategory 2 · 10 mi
- PenuelasCategory 2 · 20 mi
- Sabana HoyosCategory 2 · 5 mi
- UtuadoCategory 2 · 6 mi
- GarrochalesCategory 2 · 8 mi
- BarcelonetaCategory 2 · 10 mi
- AdjuntasCategory 2 · 13 mi
and 26 more
Other storms of the 1893 season
- Unnamed (AL011893)Category 1 · 485 cities
- Unnamed (AL041893)Category 3 · 1,470 cities
- Unnamed (AL061893)Category 3 · 2,980 cities
- Unnamed (AL081893)Category 2 · 283 cities
- Unnamed (AL091893)Category 3 · 1,333 cities
- Unnamed (AL101893)Category 4 · 928 cities
- Unnamed (AL111893)Tropical storm · 650 cities
- Unnamed (AL121893)Tropical storm · 4 cities
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.