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NHC AL061893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

August 15, 1893 – September 2, 1893

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,980 US cities, 445 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1893 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL061893) from August 15, 1893 to September 2, 1893; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 28 at 115 mph (Category 3), 17 miles from Midway, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,980 US cities, in 18 states and territories, most in Pennsylvania (459) and New Jersey (407). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 34 miles from Cape Canaveral, FL; the centre came closest to Alburtis, PA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,980
At hurricane strength
445

when closest

States
18

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (94)

and 34 more

Georgia (66)

and 6 more

South Carolina (174)

and 114 more

North Carolina (211)

and 151 more

Virginia (255)

and 195 more

West Virginia (24)

Pennsylvania (459)

and 399 more

New Jersey (407)

and 347 more

New York (380)

and 320 more

Maryland (210)

and 150 more

Massachusetts (193)

and 133 more

Connecticut (151)

and 91 more

Delaware (16)

District of Columbia (1)

Vermont (41)

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Rhode Island (1)

Maine (155)

and 95 more

Other storms of the 1893 season

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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.