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NHC AL061874 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1874

September 25, 1874 – October 1, 1874

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1874 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,681 US cities, 296 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1874 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1874 (AL061874) from September 25, 1874 to October 1, 1874; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 28 at 81 mph (Category 1), 13 miles from Inglis, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,681 US cities, in 17 states and territories, most in New Jersey (455) and New York (352). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 1 mile from Charleston, SC; the centre came closest to Little Neck, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,681
At hurricane strength
296

when closest

States
17
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Cities Unnamed 1874 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (109)

and 49 more

Georgia (42)

Florida (144)

and 84 more

North Carolina (219)

and 159 more

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

New York (352)

and 292 more

Massachusetts (306)

and 246 more

Pennsylvania (191)

and 131 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maine (160)

and 100 more

New Hampshire (141)

and 81 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (16)

Virginia (112)

and 52 more

Delaware (37)

Maryland (161)

and 101 more

District of Columbia (1)

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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.