NHC AL061894 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1894
October 11, 1894 – October 20, 1894
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1894 storm peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 33 US cities, 33 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1894 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1894 (AL061894) from October 11, 1894 to October 20, 1894; its peak was 132 mph (Category 4). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 33 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 32 miles from Vieques, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 33
- At hurricane strength
- 33
- States
- 1
132 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1894 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (33)
- ViequesCategory 2 · 32 mi
- FajardoCategory 2 · 39 mi
- CeibaCategory 2 · 40 mi
- LuquilloCategory 2 · 41 mi
- NaguaboCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 2 · 47 mi
- LoizaCategory 2 · 48 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 2 · 49 mi
- CanovanasCategory 2 · 51 mi
- HumacaoCategory 2 · 53 mi
- CarolinaCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 2 · 55 mi
- JuncosCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 2 · 58 mi
- GuraboCategory 2 · 59 mi
- San JuanCategory 2 · 59 mi
- YabucoaCategory 2 · 60 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 2 · 62 mi
- MaunaboCategory 2 · 62 mi
- CatanoCategory 2 · 63 mi
- CaguasCategory 2 · 64 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 2 · 64 mi
- BayamonCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- PatillasCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 2 · 71 mi
- DoradoCategory 2 · 71 mi
- ArroyoCategory 2 · 72 mi
- CidraCategory 2 · 73 mi
- CayeyCategory 2 · 74 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 2 · 74 mi
- ComerioCategory 2 · 75 mi
Other storms of the 1894 season
- Unnamed (AL021894)Tropical storm · 112 cities
- Unnamed (AL041894)Category 3 · 670 cities
- Unnamed (AL051894)Category 3 · 2,189 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.