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NHC AL041877 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1877

September 21, 1877 – October 5, 1877

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1877 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,170 US cities, 70 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1877 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1877 (AL041877) from September 21, 1877 to October 5, 1877; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 3 at 115 mph (Category 3), 15 miles from Port St Joe, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,170 US cities, in 15 states and territories, most in New Jersey (407) and New York (257). The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 24 miles from Panama City Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Osterville, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,170
At hurricane strength
70

when closest

States
15
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Cities Unnamed 1877 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (52)

Alabama (12)

Georgia (154)

and 94 more

New Jersey (407)

and 347 more

New York (257)

and 197 more

Connecticut (168)

and 108 more

Pennsylvania (127)

and 67 more

Delaware (37)

Maryland (145)

and 85 more

Massachusetts (223)

and 163 more

Rhode Island (49)

Virginia (137)

and 77 more

District of Columbia (1)

North Carolina (243)

and 183 more

South Carolina (158)

and 98 more

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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.