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NHC AL051852 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1852

October 6, 1852 – October 11, 1852

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1852 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 506 US cities, 82 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1852 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1852 (AL051852) from October 6, 1852 to October 11, 1852; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 9 at 104 mph (Category 2), 6 miles from Panacea, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 506 US cities, in 4 states, most in North Carolina (168) and South Carolina (161). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 13 miles from Carrabelle, FL; the centre came closest to Atkinson, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
506
At hurricane strength
82

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1852 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (38)

Georgia (139)

and 79 more

South Carolina (161)

and 101 more

North Carolina (168)

and 108 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.