NHC AL061887 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1887
August 14, 1887 – August 23, 1887
Hurricane Unnamed 1887 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, 17 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 17
- At hurricane strength
- 17
- States
- 1
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1887 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (17)
- BeaufortCategory 3 · 55 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 3 · 57 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 3 · 57 mi
- NewportCategory 3 · 64 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 3 · 65 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 3 · 68 mi
- SwansboroCategory 3 · 70 mi
- OrientalCategory 3 · 70 mi
- HavelockCategory 3 · 70 mi
- ManteoCategory 3 · 71 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 3 · 72 mi
- HubertCategory 3 · 74 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 3 · 74 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 3 · 75 mi
- Kure BeachCategory 3 · 70 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 3 · 71 mi
- SouthportCategory 3 · 75 mi
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.