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NHC AL061889 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1889

September 12, 1889 – September 26, 1889

Hurricane Unnamed 1889 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,443 US cities, 37 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

109 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,443
At hurricane strength
37

when closest

States
17
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Cities Unnamed 1889 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (304)

and 244 more

Georgia (212)

and 152 more

Massachusetts (200)

and 140 more

South Carolina (156)

and 96 more

Virginia (129)

and 69 more

Alabama (105)

and 45 more

Rhode Island (49)

Maine (41)

Florida (40)

Louisiana (37)

New York (36)

Connecticut (34)

New Jersey (32)

Maryland (29)

Delaware (20)

Mississippi (18)

New Hampshire (1)

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.