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NHC AL101893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1893

September 27, 1893 – October 5, 1893

Hurricane Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 928 US cities, 134 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
928
At hurricane strength
134

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (254)

and 194 more

Georgia (230)

and 170 more

South Carolina (192)

and 132 more

Alabama (148)

and 88 more

Louisiana (54)

Mississippi (38)

Florida (12)

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.