The unnamed hurricane of 1893
Jun 12, 1893 to Jun 20, 1893Peak 75 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1893 passed within 50 miles of 119 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Nantucket County, MA, as a Category 1 on June 18, 1893.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1893
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 119
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 226
- DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NJ, SC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Beaufort County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 14.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 27.4 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 28.4 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 28.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 57.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 58.9 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 60.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 70.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 70.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | VA | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 77.5 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | VA | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charles City County | VA | 78.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| King and Queen County | VA | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 89.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 92.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | MD | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 94.6 | Category 1 |
| Hopewell city | VA | 94.8 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 96.7 | Category 1 |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 99.5 | 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.