NHC AL071887 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1887
August 18, 1887 – August 27, 1887
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1887 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, 3 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1887 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1887 (AL071887) from August 18, 1887 to August 27, 1887; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 70 miles from Beaufort, NC.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 3
- At hurricane strength
- 3
- States
- 1
127 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1887 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (3)
- BeaufortCategory 3 · 70 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 3 · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1887 season
- Unnamed (AL031887)Tropical storm · 62 cities
- Unnamed (AL041887)Category 2 · 236 cities
- Unnamed (AL061887)Category 3 · 17 cities
- Unnamed (AL091887)Category 2 · 32 cities
- Unnamed (AL131887)Category 1 · 512 cities
- Unnamed (AL161887)Category 1 · 202 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.