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NHC AL061869 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1869

September 7, 1869 – September 9, 1869

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1869 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 912 US cities, 891 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1869 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1869 (AL061869) from September 7, 1869 to September 9, 1869; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 8 at 115 mph (Category 3), 4 miles from Montauk, NY. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 912 US cities, in 7 states, most in Massachusetts (328) and Connecticut (153). The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 2 miles from Charlestown, RI; the centre came closest to Coventry, RI, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
912
At hurricane strength
891

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1869 storm passed near, strongest first

Connecticut (153)

and 93 more

New York (86)

and 26 more

Rhode Island (49)

Massachusetts (328)

and 268 more

Vermont (4)

New Hampshire (140)

and 80 more

Maine (152)

and 92 more

Other storms of the 1869 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.