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NHC AL091899 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1899

October 26, 1899 – November 4, 1899

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.

Peak strength
Category 2

109 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,555
At hurricane strength
183

when closest

States
15

Cities Unnamed 1899 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (431)

and 371 more

New Jersey (419)

and 359 more

New York (372)

and 312 more

North Carolina (229)

and 169 more

Maryland (222)

and 162 more

Virginia (195)

and 135 more

Maine (156)

and 96 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Massachusetts (122)

and 62 more

Connecticut (109)

and 49 more

South Carolina (70)

and 10 more

Vermont (53)

Delaware (30)

West Virginia (4)

District of Columbia (1)

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.