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NHC AL061869 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1869

September 7, 1869 – September 9, 1869

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.

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

Massachusetts (328)

and 268 more

Connecticut (153)

and 93 more

Maine (152)

and 92 more

New Hampshire (140)

and 80 more

New York (86)

and 26 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (4)

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.