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NHC AL081878 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1878

October 9, 1878 – October 15, 1878

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1878 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 211 US cities, 3 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1878 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1878 (AL081878) from October 9, 1878 to October 15, 1878; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 10 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Port St Joe, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 211 US cities, in 5 states, most in Georgia (92) and Florida (82). The strongest pass was 74 mph (Category 1) 71 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Nahunta, GA, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
211
At hurricane strength
3

when closest

States
5
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Cities Unnamed 1878 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (7)

Florida (82)

and 22 more

South Carolina (28)

Alabama (2)

Georgia (92)

and 32 more

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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.