NHC AL031899 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1899
August 3, 1899 – September 4, 1899
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1899 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 142 US cities, 142 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1899 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1899 (AL031899) for 33 days, from August 3, 1899 to September 4, 1899. Its first position, at 11.7°N 31.0°W, records it as a tropical storm; its last, at 49.0°N 15.5°W, as an extratropical cyclone. Its peak was 150 mph (130 knots), Category 4, on August 7, and its lowest central pressure was 930 millibars on August 7. It spent about 17 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 18 at 121 mph (Category 3), 50 miles from Manteo, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 142 US cities, in 3 states and territories, most in Puerto Rico (86) and North Carolina (40), between August 8 and August 18. The strongest pass was 140 mph (Category 4) 28 miles from Vieques, PR; the centre came closest to Jayuya, PR, less than a mile away. All of them had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 96 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 48% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 4th of the 5 storms of 1899 here.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 142
- At hurricane strength
- 142
- States
- 3
150 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1899 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- ViequesCategory 4 · 28 mi
- PatillasCategory 4 · 7 mi
- MaunaboCategory 4 · 9 mi
- YabucoaCategory 4 · 13 mi
- HumacaoCategory 4 · 19 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 4 · 21 mi
- JuncosCategory 4 · 22 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 4 · 22 mi
- NaguaboCategory 4 · 26 mi
- CeibaCategory 4 · 31 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 4 · 33 mi
- FajardoCategory 4 · 35 mi
- LuquilloCategory 4 · 36 mi
- GuayamaCategory 4 · overhead
- AguirreCategory 4 · 3 mi
- ArroyoCategory 4 · 3 mi
- CayeyCategory 4 · 8 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 4 · 16 mi
- CaguasCategory 4 · 19 mi
- GuraboCategory 4 · 22 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 4 · 27 mi
- CanovanasCategory 4 · 31 mi
- CarolinaCategory 4 · 31 mi
- LoizaCategory 4 · 36 mi
- SalinasCategory 4 · 3 mi
- AibonitoCategory 4 · 6 mi
- CidraCategory 4 · 11 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 4 · 17 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 4 · 25 mi
- San JuanCategory 4 · 29 mi
- CoamoCategory 4 · overhead
- Santa IsabelCategory 4 · 7 mi
- BarranquitasCategory 4 · 9 mi
- ComerioCategory 4 · 13 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 4 · 16 mi
- BayamonCategory 4 · 23 mi
- CatanoCategory 4 · 28 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 4 · 8 mi
- CorozalCategory 4 · 14 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 4 · 21 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 4 · 26 mi
- VillalbaCategory 4 · 2 mi
- OrocovisCategory 4 · 6 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 4 · 8 mi
- MerceditaCategory 4 · 12 mi
- MorovisCategory 4 · 12 mi
- PonceCategory 4 · 13 mi
- Vega AltaCategory 4 · 21 mi
- DoradoCategory 4 · 24 mi
- JayuyaCategory 4 · overhead
- CialesCategory 4 · 9 mi
- Vega BajaCategory 4 · 20 mi
- FloridaCategory 4 · 10 mi
- PenuelasCategory 4 · 14 mi
- BarcelonetaCategory 4 · 16 mi
- ManatiCategory 4 · 16 mi
- GuayanillaCategory 4 · 17 mi
- UtuadoCategory 4 · overhead
- AdjuntasCategory 4 · 7 mi
- Sabana HoyosCategory 4 · 11 mi
and 26 more
North Carolina (40)
- BeaufortCategory 3 · 57 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 3 · 63 mi
- HavelockCategory 3 · 65 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 3 · 66 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 3 · 66 mi
- NewportCategory 3 · 68 mi
- OrientalCategory 3 · 51 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 3 · 59 mi
- BayboroCategory 3 · 50 mi
- New BernCategory 3 · 70 mi
- AuroraCategory 2 · 51 mi
- VanceboroCategory 2 · 70 mi
- RoperCategory 2 · 35 mi
- BelhavenCategory 2 · 35 mi
- PlymouthCategory 2 · 42 mi
- PinetownCategory 2 · 47 mi
- JamesvilleCategory 2 · 51 mi
- WindsorCategory 2 · 57 mi
- WashingtonCategory 2 · 59 mi
- WilliamstonCategory 2 · 61 mi
- ChocowinityCategory 2 · 62 mi
- GrimeslandCategory 2 · 69 mi
- RobersonvilleCategory 2 · 71 mi
- ColumbiaCategory 2 · 16 mi
- AulanderCategory 2 · 71 mi
- EdentonCategory 2 · 42 mi
- ColerainCategory 2 · 56 mi
- AhoskieCategory 2 · 66 mi
- ManteoCategory 2 · 11 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 2 · 14 mi
- HertfordCategory 2 · 34 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 2 · 8 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Elizabeth CityCategory 2 · 28 mi
- GrandyCategory 1 · 7 mi
- CamdenCategory 1 · 25 mi
- GatesCategory 1 · 61 mi
- CurrituckCategory 1 · 18 mi
- MoyockCategory 1 · 28 mi
- South MillsCategory 1 · 35 mi
Virginia (16)
- Virginia BeachCategory 1 · 42 mi
- ChesapeakeCategory 1 · 45 mi
- NorfolkCategory 1 · 51 mi
- PortsmouthCategory 1 · 52 mi
- SuffolkCategory 1 · 58 mi
- HamptonCategory 1 · 63 mi
- CarrolltonCategory 1 · 64 mi
- WindsorCategory 1 · 68 mi
- PoquosonCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Newport NewsCategory 1 · 70 mi
- SmithfieldCategory 1 · 70 mi
- YorktownCategory 1 · 72 mi
- ZuniCategory 1 · 73 mi
- FranklinCategory 1 · 73 mi
- SeafordCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Cape CharlesCategory 1 · 65 mi
Other storms of the 1899 season
- Unnamed (AL011899)Tropical storm · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL021899)Category 2 · 206 cities
- Unnamed (AL061899)Tropical storm · 251 cities
- Unnamed (AL091899)Category 2 · 2,555 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.