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NHC AL041887 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1887

July 20, 1887 – July 28, 1887

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1887 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 236 US cities, 47 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1887 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1887 (AL041887) from July 20, 1887 to July 28, 1887; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 27 at 86 mph (Category 1), 3 miles from Fort Walton Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 236 US cities, in 3 states, most in Alabama (97) and Georgia (95). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 2 miles from Fort Walton Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Shalimar, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
236
At hurricane strength
47

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1887 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (97)

and 37 more

Florida (44)

Georgia (95)

and 35 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.