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NHC AL091893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

September 25, 1893 – October 15, 1893

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,333 US cities, 851 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1893 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL091893) from September 25, 1893 to October 15, 1893; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 13 at 121 mph (Category 3), 8 miles from Mc Clellanville, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,333 US cities, in 10 states and territories, most in Pennsylvania (255) and New York (247). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 8 miles from Awendaw, SC; the centre came closest to Georgetown, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,333
At hurricane strength
851

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (96)

and 36 more

Florida (93)

and 33 more

Georgia (22)

North Carolina (227)

and 167 more

Virginia (231)

and 171 more

Maryland (135)

and 75 more

West Virginia (26)

District of Columbia (1)

Pennsylvania (255)

and 195 more

New York (247)

and 187 more

Other storms of the 1893 season

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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.