NHC AL041889 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1889
September 1, 1889 – September 12, 1889
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1889 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, 35 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1889 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1889 (AL041889) from September 1, 1889 to September 12, 1889; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 47 miles from Fajardo, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 35
- At hurricane strength
- 35
- States
- 1
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1889 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (35)
- FajardoCategory 2 · 47 mi
- LuquilloCategory 2 · 47 mi
- LoizaCategory 2 · 49 mi
- ViequesCategory 2 · 50 mi
- CeibaCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 2 · 51 mi
- CanovanasCategory 2 · 54 mi
- CarolinaCategory 2 · 55 mi
- NaguaboCategory 2 · 56 mi
- San JuanCategory 2 · 58 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 2 · 59 mi
- CatanoCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 2 · 62 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 2 · 62 mi
- JuncosCategory 2 · 62 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 2 · 62 mi
- GuraboCategory 2 · 63 mi
- HumacaoCategory 2 · 63 mi
- BayamonCategory 2 · 64 mi
- DoradoCategory 2 · 64 mi
- CaguasCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 2 · 66 mi
- Vega AltaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Vega BajaCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 2 · 69 mi
- YabucoaCategory 2 · 70 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 2 · 71 mi
- ManatiCategory 2 · 73 mi
- CorozalCategory 2 · 73 mi
- MaunaboCategory 2 · 74 mi
- BarcelonetaCategory 2 · 74 mi
- ComerioCategory 2 · 74 mi
- CidraCategory 2 · 75 mi
Other storms of the 1889 season
- Unnamed (AL021889)Category 1 · 216 cities
- Unnamed (AL061889)Category 2 · 1,443 cities
- Unnamed (AL091889)Tropical storm · 103 cities
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.