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NHC AL071888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1888

October 8, 1888 – October 12, 1888

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 623 US cities, 149 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1888 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1888 (AL071888) from October 8, 1888 to October 12, 1888; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 11 at 109 mph (Category 2), 22 miles from Chiefland, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 623 US cities, in 12 states, most in North Carolina (134) and Florida (124). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 52 miles from Weeki Wachee, FL; the centre came closest to Middleburg, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

109 mph

Cities within 75 mi
623
At hurricane strength
149

when closest

States
12
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Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (124)

and 64 more

Georgia (24)

South Carolina (59)

North Carolina (134)

and 74 more

Virginia (27)

Maryland (7)

Delaware (7)

New Jersey (13)

New York (76)

and 16 more

Connecticut (47)

Rhode Island (36)

Massachusetts (69)

and 9 more

Other storms of the 1888 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.