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NHC AL051861 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1861

September 27, 1861 – September 28, 1861

Hurricane Unnamed 1861 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,149 US cities, 65 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,149
At hurricane strength
65

when closest

States
14
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Cities Unnamed 1861 storm passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

New York (362)

and 302 more

Massachusetts (311)

and 251 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maine (152)

and 92 more

Pennsylvania (150)

and 90 more

North Carolina (148)

and 88 more

New Hampshire (129)

and 69 more

Maryland (89)

and 29 more

Virginia (67)

and 7 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (37)

Vermont (11)

South Carolina (3)

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.