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NHC AL061889 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1889

September 12, 1889 – September 26, 1889

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

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.

The 1889 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1889 (AL061889) from September 12, 1889 to September 26, 1889; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 23 at 81 mph (Category 1), 25 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,443 US cities, in 17 states, most in North Carolina (304) and Georgia (212). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 25 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Monroe, NC, less than a mile away.

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

Louisiana (37)

Mississippi (18)

Alabama (105)

and 45 more

Florida (40)

Georgia (212)

and 152 more

North Carolina (304)

and 244 more

South Carolina (156)

and 96 more

Virginia (129)

and 69 more

Maryland (29)

Delaware (20)

New Jersey (32)

Massachusetts (200)

and 140 more

Rhode Island (49)

Maine (41)

New York (36)

Connecticut (34)

New Hampshire (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.