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NHC AL081861 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1861

November 1, 1861 – November 3, 1861

Hurricane Unnamed 1861 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,419 US cities, 81 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,419
At hurricane strength
81

when closest

States
13

Cities Unnamed 1861 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (330)

and 270 more

New York (229)

and 169 more

Connecticut (182)

and 122 more

Florida (139)

and 79 more

Maine (128)

and 68 more

New Hampshire (124)

and 64 more

New Jersey (112)

and 52 more

North Carolina (80)

and 20 more

Rhode Island (49)

Virginia (21)

Maryland (13)

Delaware (11)

Vermont (1)

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.