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NHC AL131887 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1887

October 9, 1887 – October 22, 1887

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1887 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 512 US cities, 38 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1887 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1887 (AL131887) from October 9, 1887 to October 22, 1887; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 19 at 86 mph (Category 1), 15 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 512 US cities, in 12 states and territories, most in North Carolina (114) and Alabama (95). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 61 miles from Morgan City, LA; the centre came closest to Ocean Springs, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
512
At hurricane strength
38

when closest

States
12
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Cities Unnamed 1887 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (72)

and 12 more

Puerto Rico (33)

Mississippi (35)

Alabama (95)

and 35 more

Massachusetts (67)

and 7 more

Rhode Island (13)

Maine (8)

New York (1)

Florida (36)

Virginia (36)

North Carolina (114)

and 54 more

Georgia (2)

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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.