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NHC AL051881 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1881

August 21, 1881 – August 29, 1881

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1881 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 463 US cities, 60 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1881 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1881 (AL051881) from August 21, 1881 to August 29, 1881; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 28 at 104 mph (Category 2), 17 miles from Midway, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 463 US cities, in 7 states and territories, most in Alabama (182) and Georgia (176). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 26 miles from Tybee Island, GA; the centre came closest to Hinesville, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
463
At hurricane strength
60

when closest

States
7
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Cities Unnamed 1881 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (176)

and 116 more

South Carolina (12)

Florida (1)

Puerto Rico (2)

Alabama (182)

and 122 more

Mississippi (85)

and 25 more

Tennessee (5)

Other storms of the 1881 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.