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NHC AL061888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1888

September 23, 1888 – September 27, 1888

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 253 US cities, 131 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1888 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1888 (AL061888) from September 23, 1888 to September 27, 1888; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 26 at 81 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Chatham, MA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 253 US cities, in 5 states, most in Massachusetts (109) and Florida (76). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 2 miles from Nantucket, MA; the centre came closest to Tavernier, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
253
At hurricane strength
131

when closest

States
5
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Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (109)

and 49 more

Rhode Island (21)

New York (1)

Maine (46)

Florida (76)

and 16 more

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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.