The unnamed hurricane of 1887
Aug 14, 1887 to Aug 23, 1887Peak 121 mph972 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1887 passed within 50 miles of 3 counties in NC. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a Category 3 on August 20, 1887.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1887
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 3
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 21
- NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Dare County | NC | 33.7 | Category 3 |
| Hyde County | NC | 40.2 | Category 3 |
| Carteret County | NC | 42.9 | Category 3 |
| Craven County | NC | 62.0 | Category 3 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 65.2 | Category 3 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 68.4 | Category 3 |
| Onslow County | NC | 68.6 | Category 3 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 68.7 | Category 3 |
| Jones County | NC | 74.4 | Category 3 |
| Pender County | NC | 74.6 | Category 3 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 74.7 | Category 3 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 77.5 | Category 3 |
| Currituck County | NC | 82.9 | Category 3 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 87.8 | Category 3 |
| Charleston County | SC | 89.1 | Category 3 |
| Washington County | NC | 90.3 | Category 3 |
| Horry County | SC | 90.9 | Category 3 |
| Camden County | NC | 92.1 | Category 3 |
| Duplin County | NC | 94.7 | Category 3 |
| Columbus County | NC | 95.3 | Category 3 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 97.7 | Category 3 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.