NHC AL071898 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1898
September 25, 1898 – October 6, 1898
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1898 storm peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 358 US cities, 100 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1898 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1898 (AL071898) for 12 days, from September 25, 1898 to October 6, 1898. Its first position, at 16.2°N 58.3°W, records it as a tropical storm; its last, at 48.0°N 52.8°W, as a tropical depression. Its peak was 132 mph (115 knots), Category 4, on October 2, and its lowest central pressure was 938 millibars on October 2. It spent about 7 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 2 at 132 mph (Category 4), 14 miles from Saint Marys, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 358 US cities, in 3 states, most in Georgia (264) and Alabama (67), between October 2 and October 3. The strongest pass was 132 mph (Category 4) 17 miles from Fernandina Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Bowdon, GA, 1 mile away. 100 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 31 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 74% of the 737 storms on this site, and more than any other storm of 1898 on this site.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 358
- At hurricane strength
- 100
- States
- 3
132 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (27)
- Fernandina BeachCategory 4 · 17 mi
- YuleeCategory 4 · 21 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 4 · 31 mi
- Neptune BeachCategory 4 · 33 mi
- Jacksonville BeachCategory 4 · 34 mi
- Ponte Vedra BeachCategory 4 · 39 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 4 · 42 mi
- Fleming IslandCategory 4 · 52 mi
- Saint JohnsCategory 4 · 52 mi
- Orange ParkCategory 4 · 54 mi
- St AugustineCategory 4 · 56 mi
- MiddleburgCategory 4 · 63 mi
- Green Cove SpringsCategory 4 · 63 mi
- ElktonCategory 4 · 64 mi
- Palm CoastCategory 4 · 70 mi
- Flagler BeachCategory 4 · 72 mi
- HastingsCategory 4 · 72 mi
- LawteyCategory 3 · 71 mi
- CallahanCategory 3 · 33 mi
- BrycevilleCategory 3 · 45 mi
- RaifordCategory 3 · 74 mi
- MacclennyCategory 3 · 59 mi
- HilliardCategory 3 · 29 mi
- Glen Saint MaryCategory 3 · 62 mi
- SandersonCategory 2 · 56 mi
- White SpringsCategory 2 · 74 mi
- JasperCategory 1 · 74 mi
Georgia (264)
- Saint MarysCategory 3 · 13 mi
- St Simons IslandCategory 3 · 17 mi
- KingslandCategory 3 · 15 mi
- WoodbineCategory 3 · 7 mi
- WaverlyCategory 3 · 3 mi
- BrunswickCategory 3 · 15 mi
- DarienCategory 3 · 31 mi
- TownsendCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Saint GeorgeCategory 2 · 45 mi
- FolkstonCategory 2 · 21 mi
- WaynesvilleCategory 2 · 2 mi
- SavannahCategory 2 · 75 mi
- MidwayCategory 2 · 53 mi
- NahuntaCategory 2 · 2 mi
- HortenseCategory 2 · 10 mi
- Richmond HillCategory 2 · 62 mi
- HobokenCategory 2 · 8 mi
- AllenhurstCategory 2 · 44 mi
- BloomingdaleCategory 2 · 74 mi
- LudowiciCategory 2 · 38 mi
- HinesvilleCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Fort StewartCategory 2 · 51 mi
- PattersonCategory 2 · 5 mi
- JesupCategory 2 · 26 mi
- BlackshearCategory 1 · 4 mi
- WaycrossCategory 1 · 13 mi
- ScrevenCategory 1 · 15 mi
- EllabellCategory 1 · 71 mi
- OdumCategory 1 · 23 mi
- PembrokeCategory 1 · 65 mi
- HomervilleCategory 1 · 34 mi
- GlennvilleCategory 1 · 43 mi
- AlmaCategory 1 · 3 mi
- ClaxtonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Lake ParkCategory 1 · 67 mi
- BaxleyCategory 1 · 18 mi
- ReidsvilleCategory 1 · 42 mi
- NichollsCategory 1 · 6 mi
- PearsonCategory 1 · 26 mi
- LakelandCategory 1 · 46 mi
- CollinsCategory 1 · 50 mi
- ValdostaCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Ray CityCategory 1 · 50 mi
- MetterCategory 1 · 65 mi
- DouglasCategory 1 · 14 mi
- HazlehurstCategory 1 · 14 mi
- WillacoocheeCategory 1 · 27 mi
- LyonsCategory 1 · 43 mi
- UvaldaCategory 1 · 28 mi
- NashvilleCategory 1 · 43 mi
- HahiraCategory 1 · 60 mi
- BroxtonCategory 1 · 5 mi
- AmbroseCategory 1 · 15 mi
- VidaliaCategory 1 · 41 mi
- Twin CityCategory 1 · 68 mi
- AdelCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Mount VernonCategory 1 · 34 mi
- SparksCategory 1 · 52 mi
- GlenwoodCategory 1 · 30 mi
- LenoxCategory 1 · 46 mi
and 204 more
Alabama (67)
- Fort MitchellTropical storm · 52 mi
- Phenix CityTropical storm · 45 mi
- SealeTropical storm · 56 mi
- Smiths StationTropical storm · 44 mi
- SalemTropical storm · 45 mi
- LanettTropical storm · 32 mi
- ValleyTropical storm · 35 mi
- CussetaTropical storm · 41 mi
- OpelikaTropical storm · 51 mi
- Auburn UniversityTropical storm · 56 mi
- AuburnTropical storm · 58 mi
- TuskegeeTropical storm · 74 mi
- Tuskegee InstituteTropical storm · 75 mi
- NotasulgaTropical storm · 67 mi
- LafayetteTropical storm · 39 mi
- Camp HillTropical storm · 53 mi
- RoanokeTropical storm · 24 mi
- DadevilleTropical storm · 60 mi
- WoodlandTropical storm · 13 mi
- WedoweeTropical storm · 21 mi
- WadleyTropical storm · 33 mi
- AnnistonTropical storm · 37 mi
- OxfordTropical storm · 37 mi
- PiedmontTropical storm · 39 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 40 mi
- WeaverTropical storm · 40 mi
- MunfordTropical storm · 43 mi
- AlexandriaTropical storm · 44 mi
- EastabogaTropical storm · 46 mi
- WellingtonTropical storm · 47 mi
- CentreTropical storm · 50 mi
- OhatcheeTropical storm · 52 mi
- GlencoeTropical storm · 52 mi
- TalladegaTropical storm · 53 mi
- LincolnTropical storm · 53 mi
- SouthsideTropical storm · 55 mi
- Cedar BluffTropical storm · 56 mi
- GadsdenTropical storm · 57 mi
- LeesburgTropical storm · 58 mi
- Jacksons GapTropical storm · 58 mi
- RaglandTropical storm · 58 mi
- Rainbow CityTropical storm · 58 mi
- Alexander CityTropical storm · 59 mi
- GaylesvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- AlpineTropical storm · 63 mi
- AttallaTropical storm · 63 mi
- Pell CityTropical storm · 63 mi
- AshvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- CropwellTropical storm · 64 mi
- CollinsvilleTropical storm · 66 mi
- SteeleTropical storm · 66 mi
- SylacaugaTropical storm · 66 mi
- ChildersburgTropical storm · 69 mi
- VincentTropical storm · 69 mi
- Fort PayneTropical storm · 71 mi
- OdenvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- BoazTropical storm · 72 mi
- HarpersvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- EclecticTropical storm · 73 mi
- CrossvilleTropical storm · 73 mi
and 7 more
Other storms of the 1898 season
- Unnamed (AL011898)Category 1 · 312 cities
- Unnamed (AL021898)Category 1 · 318 cities
- Unnamed (AL051898)Tropical storm · 140 cities
- Unnamed (AL061898)Tropical storm · 100 cities
- Unnamed (AL081898)Tropical storm · 19 cities
- Unnamed (AL091898)Tropical storm · 59 cities
- Unnamed (AL101898)Tropical storm · 7 cities
- Unnamed (AL111898)Tropical storm · 85 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.