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NHC AL041851 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1851

August 16, 1851 – August 27, 1851

Hurricane Unnamed 1851 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 735 US cities, 217 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
735
At hurricane strength
217

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1851 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (234)

and 174 more

South Carolina (165)

and 105 more

Georgia (156)

and 96 more

Puerto Rico (70)

and 10 more

Florida (51)

Virginia (33)

Alabama (26)

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.