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NHC AL071898 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1898

September 25, 1898 – October 6, 1898

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.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
358
At hurricane strength
100

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (264)

and 204 more

Alabama (67)

and 7 more

Florida (27)

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.