NHC AL081853 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1853
October 19, 1853 – October 22, 1853
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1853 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 88 US cities, 88 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1853 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1853 (AL081853) from October 19, 1853 to October 22, 1853; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 88 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (37) and South Carolina (26). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 33 miles from Fernandina Beach, FL.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 88
- At hurricane strength
- 88
- States
- 3
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1853 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (37)
- Fernandina BeachCategory 2 · 33 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Neptune BeachCategory 2 · 36 mi
- Jacksonville BeachCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Ponte Vedra BeachCategory 2 · 39 mi
- YuleeCategory 2 · 41 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 2 · 49 mi
- St AugustineCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Palm CoastCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Saint JohnsCategory 2 · 54 mi
- CallahanCategory 2 · 56 mi
- ElktonCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Fleming IslandCategory 2 · 57 mi
- Orange ParkCategory 2 · 60 mi
- HilliardCategory 2 · 61 mi
- BunnellCategory 2 · 62 mi
- HastingsCategory 2 · 62 mi
- BrycevilleCategory 2 · 64 mi
- Green Cove SpringsCategory 2 · 64 mi
- East PalatkaCategory 2 · 68 mi
- MiddleburgCategory 2 · 69 mi
- PalatkaCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Ponte VedraCategory 2 · 74 mi
- SatsumaCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Crescent CityCategory 2 · 75 mi
- Flagler BeachCategory 2 · 53 mi
- Ormond BeachCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Daytona BeachCategory 2 · 61 mi
- South DaytonaCategory 1 · 62 mi
- New Smyrna BeachCategory 1 · 63 mi
- EdgewaterCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Oak HillCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Port OrangeCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Cape CanaveralCategory 1 · 70 mi
- MimsCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Cocoa BeachCategory 1 · 73 mi
- TitusvilleCategory 1 · 74 mi
Georgia (25)
- St Simons IslandCategory 2 · 34 mi
- Saint MarysCategory 2 · 40 mi
- BrunswickCategory 2 · 43 mi
- WaverlyCategory 2 · 45 mi
- WoodbineCategory 2 · 46 mi
- KingslandCategory 2 · 47 mi
- WaynesvilleCategory 2 · 58 mi
- HortenseCategory 2 · 64 mi
- NahuntaCategory 2 · 66 mi
- FolkstonCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Saint GeorgeCategory 2 · 73 mi
- DarienCategory 2 · 43 mi
- TownsendCategory 2 · 48 mi
- LudowiciCategory 2 · 74 mi
- AllenhurstCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Tybee IslandCategory 1 · 46 mi
- SavannahCategory 1 · 57 mi
- MidwayCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Richmond HillCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Garden CityCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Port WentworthCategory 1 · 66 mi
- PoolerCategory 1 · 67 mi
- HinesvilleCategory 1 · 70 mi
- BloomingdaleCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Fort StewartCategory 1 · 71 mi
South Carolina (26)
- Hilton Head IslandCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Sullivans IslandCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Isle Of PalmsCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Saint Helena IslandCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Edisto IslandCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Mount PleasantCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Wadmalaw IslandCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Johns IslandCategory 1 · 58 mi
- BlufftonCategory 1 · 58 mi
- Port RoyalCategory 1 · 58 mi
- CharlestonCategory 1 · 59 mi
- AwendawCategory 1 · 60 mi
- BeaufortCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Daniel IslandCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 1 · 63 mi
- HollywoodCategory 1 · 63 mi
- OkatieCategory 1 · 63 mi
- North CharlestonCategory 1 · 66 mi
- RavenelCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Charleston AfbCategory 1 · 67 mi
- HardeevilleCategory 1 · 68 mi
- HugerCategory 1 · 69 mi
- SeabrookCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Goose CreekCategory 1 · 71 mi
- LadsonCategory 1 · 75 mi
- RidgelandCategory 1 · 75 mi
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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.