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NHC AL051878 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1878

September 1, 1878 – September 13, 1878

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1878 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,403 US cities, 265 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1878 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1878 (AL051878) from September 1, 1878 to September 13, 1878; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 4 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 7 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 8 miles from Marathon, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,403 US cities, in 10 states, most in Pennsylvania (302) and Florida (294). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 9 miles from Spring Hill, FL; the centre came closest to Satsuma, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,403
At hurricane strength
265

when closest

States
10
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Cities Unnamed 1878 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (294)

and 234 more

South Carolina (159)

and 99 more

Georgia (32)

North Carolina (221)

and 161 more

Virginia (157)

and 97 more

West Virginia (77)

and 17 more

Maryland (10)

Pennsylvania (302)

and 242 more

Ohio (2)

New York (149)

and 89 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.