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NHC AL051894 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1894

October 1, 1894 – October 12, 1894

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1894 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,189 US cities, 1,077 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1894 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1894 (AL051894) from October 1, 1894 to October 12, 1894; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 9 at 121 mph (Category 3), 7 miles from Panama City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,189 US cities, in 17 states, most in New Jersey (387) and Massachusetts (316). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 4 miles from Panama City, FL; the centre came closest to Essex, CT, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,189
At hurricane strength
1,077

when closest

States
17

Cities Unnamed 1894 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (55)

Alabama (18)

Georgia (140)

and 80 more

New Jersey (387)

and 327 more

New York (280)

and 220 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Pennsylvania (15)

Delaware (28)

Maryland (27)

Virginia (50)

South Carolina (133)

and 73 more

North Carolina (200)

and 140 more

Rhode Island (49)

Massachusetts (316)

and 256 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Vermont (14)

Maine (149)

and 89 more

Other storms of the 1894 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.