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NHC AL041893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

August 15, 1893 – August 26, 1893

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,470 US cities, 1,125 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1893 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL041893) from August 15, 1893 to August 26, 1893; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 24 at 86 mph (Category 1), less than a mile from Ridgewood, NY. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,470 US cities, in 10 states, most in New Jersey (450) and New York (437). The strongest pass was 93 mph (Category 1) 63 miles from Ocean City, MD; the centre came closest to Goldens Bridge, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,470
At hurricane strength
1,125

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Maryland (3)

Delaware (10)

New Jersey (450)

and 390 more

Pennsylvania (85)

and 25 more

New York (437)

and 377 more

Connecticut (167)

and 107 more

Massachusetts (98)

and 38 more

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

New Hampshire (104)

and 44 more

Maine (41)

Other storms of the 1893 season

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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.