The unnamed hurricane of 1889
Sep 1, 1889 to Sep 12, 1889Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1889 came within 100 miles of 17 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1889
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 17
- DE, MD, NC, NJ, VA
- 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.
| Northampton County | VA | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 72.2 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 92.7 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 97.9 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 99.3 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 100.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 100.0 | Tropical storm |
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.