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NHC AL051886 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1886

August 12, 1886 – August 21, 1886

Hurricane Unnamed 1886 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 152 US cities, 106 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
152
At hurricane strength
106

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1886 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (149)

and 89 more

Florida (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.