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NHC AL131887 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1887

October 9, 1887 – October 22, 1887

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.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
512
At hurricane strength
38

when closest

States
12

Cities Unnamed 1887 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (114)

and 54 more

Alabama (95)

and 35 more

Louisiana (72)

and 12 more

Massachusetts (67)

and 7 more

Florida (36)

Virginia (36)

Mississippi (35)

Puerto Rico (33)

Rhode Island (13)

Maine (8)

Georgia (2)

New York (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.