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NHC AL041913 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1913

August 30, 1913 – September 4, 1913

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1913 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 198 US cities, 9 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1913 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1913 (AL041913) from August 30, 1913 to September 4, 1913; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 3 at 86 mph (Category 1), 6 miles from Beaufort, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 198 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (193). The strongest pass was 84 mph (Category 1) 3 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Pink Hill, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
198
At hurricane strength
9

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1913 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (193)

and 133 more

South Carolina (5)

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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.