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NHC AL081893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

September 4, 1893 – September 9, 1893

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 283 US cities, 68 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1893 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL081893) from September 4, 1893 to September 9, 1893; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 7 at 98 mph (Category 2), 32 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 283 US cities, in 3 states, most in Mississippi (152) and Louisiana (106). The strongest pass was 97 mph (Category 2) 74 miles from Delcambre, LA; the centre came closest to Angie, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
283
At hurricane strength
68

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (106)

and 46 more

Mississippi (152)

and 92 more

Alabama (25)

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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.