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NHC AL031918 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1918

August 23, 1918 – August 26, 1918

Hurricane Unnamed 1918 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, 42 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
101
At hurricane strength
42

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1918 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (97)

and 37 more

Virginia (4)

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.