NHC AL061887 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1887
August 14, 1887 – August 23, 1887
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
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.
The 1887 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1887 (AL061887) from August 14, 1887 to August 23, 1887; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 55 miles from Beaufort, NC.
- 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
Other storms of the 1887 season
- Unnamed (AL031887)Tropical storm · 62 cities
- Unnamed (AL041887)Category 2 · 236 cities
- Unnamed (AL071887)Category 3 · 3 cities
- Unnamed (AL091887)Category 2 · 32 cities
- Unnamed (AL131887)Category 1 · 512 cities
- Unnamed (AL161887)Category 1 · 202 cities
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.