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NHC AL091899 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1899

October 26, 1899 – November 4, 1899

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1899 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,555 US cities, 183 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1899 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1899 (AL091899) from October 26, 1899 to November 4, 1899; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 31 at 109 mph (Category 2), 2 miles from Surfside Beach, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,555 US cities, in 15 states and territories, most in Pennsylvania (431) and New Jersey (419). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 2 miles from Murrells Inlet, SC; the centre came closest to Church Road, VA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

109 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,555
At hurricane strength
183

when closest

States
15
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Cities Unnamed 1899 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (70)

and 10 more

North Carolina (229)

and 169 more

Virginia (195)

and 135 more

Pennsylvania (431)

and 371 more

New Jersey (419)

and 359 more

Maryland (222)

and 162 more

Delaware (30)

West Virginia (4)

District of Columbia (1)

New York (372)

and 312 more

Connecticut (109)

and 49 more

Maine (156)

and 96 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Massachusetts (122)

and 62 more

Vermont (53)

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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.