NHC AL091888 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1888
November 17, 1888 – December 2, 1888
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, 35 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1888 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1888 (AL091888) from November 17, 1888 to December 2, 1888; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, in 2 states, most in Massachusetts (34). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 37 miles from Nantucket, MA.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 35
- At hurricane strength
- 35
- States
- 2
98 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (34)
- NantucketCategory 1 · 37 mi
- ChathamCategory 1 · 46 mi
- OrleansCategory 1 · 49 mi
- HarwichCategory 1 · 50 mi
- EasthamCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Dennis PortCategory 1 · 52 mi
- BrewsterCategory 1 · 52 mi
- South DennisCategory 1 · 55 mi
- South YarmouthCategory 1 · 55 mi
- WellfleetCategory 1 · 55 mi
- West YarmouthCategory 1 · 56 mi
- DennisCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Yarmouth PortCategory 1 · 57 mi
- HyannisCategory 1 · 59 mi
- EdgartownCategory 1 · 60 mi
- BarnstableCategory 1 · 61 mi
- CentervilleCategory 1 · 61 mi
- OstervilleCategory 1 · 62 mi
- West BarnstableCategory 1 · 64 mi
- CotuitCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Marstons MillsCategory 1 · 65 mi
- MashpeeCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Vineyard HavenCategory 1 · 66 mi
- West TisburyCategory 1 · 67 mi
- ProvincetownCategory 1 · 67 mi
- East SandwichCategory 1 · 68 mi
- East FalmouthCategory 1 · 69 mi
- ChilmarkCategory 1 · 69 mi
- ForestdaleCategory 1 · 70 mi
- SandwichCategory 1 · 70 mi
- FalmouthCategory 1 · 71 mi
- North FalmouthCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Sagamore BeachCategory 1 · 74 mi
- PocassetCategory 1 · 75 mi
Maine (1)
- MachiasCategory 1 · 67 mi
Other storms of the 1888 season
- Unnamed (AL011888)Category 1 · 120 cities
- Unnamed (AL021888)Tropical storm · 148 cities
- Unnamed (AL031888)Category 3 · 3,401 cities
- Unnamed (AL051888)Tropical storm · 2,828 cities
- Unnamed (AL061888)Category 1 · 253 cities
- Unnamed (AL071888)Category 2 · 623 cities
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.