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NHC AL041886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

July 14, 1886 – July 24, 1886

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 208 US cities, 87 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
208
At hurricane strength
87

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (200)

and 140 more

Georgia (8)

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.