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NHC AL041896 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1896

September 22, 1896 – September 30, 1896

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1896 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,263 US cities, 713 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1896 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1896 (AL041896) from September 22, 1896 to September 30, 1896; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 29 at 127 mph (Category 3), 22 miles from Chiefland, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,263 US cities, in 9 states, most in Pennsylvania (285) and Virginia (226). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 35 miles from Crystal River, FL; the centre came closest to Carrolltown, PA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,263
At hurricane strength
713

when closest

States
9

Cities Unnamed 1896 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (121)

and 61 more

Georgia (72)

and 12 more

South Carolina (167)

and 107 more

North Carolina (221)

and 161 more

Virginia (226)

and 166 more

West Virginia (40)

Maryland (45)

Pennsylvania (285)

and 225 more

New York (86)

and 26 more

Other storms of the 1896 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.