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NHC AL051894 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1894

October 1, 1894 – October 12, 1894

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.

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

New Jersey (387)

and 327 more

Massachusetts (316)

and 256 more

New York (280)

and 220 more

North Carolina (200)

and 140 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maine (149)

and 89 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Georgia (140)

and 80 more

South Carolina (133)

and 73 more

Florida (55)

Virginia (50)

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (28)

Maryland (27)

Alabama (18)

Pennsylvania (15)

Vermont (14)

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.