The unnamed hurricane of 1894
Oct 1, 1894 to Oct 12, 1894Peak 121 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1894 passed within 50 miles of 232 counties in 16 states. It was strongest near Bay County, FL, as a Category 3 on October 9, 1894.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1894
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 232
- AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA, VT
- Counties within 100 miles
- 392
- AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Windham County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bertie County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Oxford County | ME | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Rockingham County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Strafford County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 2.7 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | MA | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 2.9 | Category 1 |
| Thomas County | GA | 3.2 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| York County | ME | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 3.4 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 4.2 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 5.2 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | CT | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 5.3 | Category 1 |
| Hampton County | SC | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 5.4 | Category 2 |
| Worth County | GA | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Appling County | GA | 5.7 | Category 1 |
| Tolland County | CT | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | NH | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Merrimack County | NH | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Belknap County | NH | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 6.6 | Category 3 |
| Berrien County | GA | 6.9 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | VA | 6.9 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 7.1 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 7.9 | Category 1 |
| New Haven County | CT | 8.3 | Category 1 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 8.3 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 8.7 | Category 2 |
| Hartford County | CT | 9.6 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 10.7 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MD | 10.7 | Category 1 |
| Hertford County | NC | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 11.5 | Category 1 |
| Candler County | GA | 12.1 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | MA | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hampden County | MA | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 13.1 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 13.5 | Category 1 |
| Bacon County | GA | 14.3 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | NC | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 14.6 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 14.6 | Category 1 |
| Wilcox County | GA | 14.7 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 15.0 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | GA | 15.6 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | FL | 15.9 | Category 3 |
| Onslow County | NC | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 16.5 | Category 1 |
| Sussex County | DE | 16.6 | Category 1 |
| Robeson County | NC | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ocean County | NJ | 16.7 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 17.5 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 17.7 | Category 1 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 18.1 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk County | MA | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 18.4 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | NC | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 19.0 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 21.1 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 21.3 | Category 3 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 22.1 | Category 2 |
| Chatham County | GA | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 22.8 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | RI | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cheshire County | NH | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampshire County | MA | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 23.5 | Category 1 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 23.6 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 23.7 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | MA | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Burlington County | NJ | 24.5 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | NY | 25.1 | Category 1 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 25.1 | Category 1 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 26.0 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 26.1 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | GA | 26.3 | Category 1 |
| Coos County | NH | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 26.9 | Category 1 |
| Somerset County | MD | 26.9 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 27.1 | Category 1 |
| Lanier County | GA | 27.6 | Category 1 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 27.8 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | FL | 27.9 | Category 3 |
| Fairfield County | CT | 27.9 | Category 1 |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 28.2 | Category 1 |
| Southampton County | VA | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 28.9 | Category 2 |
| Wilson County | NC | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grafton County | NH | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 30.4 | Category 1 |
| Mathews County | VA | 31.0 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | MA | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 31.4 | Category 1 |
| York County | VA | 31.5 | Category 1 |
| Pierce County | GA | 32.7 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 32.9 | Category 1 |
| Bristol County | RI | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 33.1 | Category 1 |
| Queens County | NY | 33.5 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 34.5 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 34.7 | Category 3 |
| Sumter County | SC | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 36.3 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kings County | NY | 37.9 | Category 1 |
| Sullivan County | NH | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | ME | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 38.7 | Category 1 |
| Litchfield County | CT | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 39.2 | Category 1 |
| Terrell County | GA | 39.3 | Category 1 |
| Surry County | VA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 40.5 | Category 1 |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 41.5 | Category 3 |
| Darlington County | SC | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 42.4 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 42.4 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | SC | 42.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 43.0 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | VA | 43.6 | Category 1 |
| Westchester County | NY | 43.9 | Category 1 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 44.5 | Category 1 |
| Geneva County | AL | 44.6 | Category 2 |
| Lancaster County | VA | 45.3 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NJ | 45.4 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 45.6 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 45.9 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | DE | 46.1 | Category 1 |
| Bronx County | NY | 46.3 | Category 1 |
| Harnett County | NC | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | VT | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NY | 47.3 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | GA | 47.4 | Category 1 |
| Greensville County | VA | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 47.5 | Category 1 |
| Sussex County | VA | 47.6 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 47.9 | Category 2 |
| New York County | NY | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 48.0 | Category 1 |
| Hoke County | NC | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 48.2 | Category 1 |
| Northumberland County | VA | 48.4 | Category 1 |
| Scotland County | NC | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 48.9 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | GA | 49.9 | Category 1 |
| Hudson County | NJ | 50.3 | Category 1 |
| Hamilton County | FL | 50.5 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | MD | 50.6 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 50.7 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 52.1 | Category 1 |
| Taylor County | FL | 52.3 | Category 1 |
| Bergen County | NJ | 52.6 | Category 1 |
| Mercer County | NJ | 53.1 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | NY | 53.3 | Category 1 |
| Berkshire County | MA | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 53.6 | Category 1 |
| Union County | NJ | 53.8 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | NJ | 54.1 | Category 1 |
| King and Queen County | VA | 54.2 | Category 1 |
| Caroline County | MD | 54.2 | Category 1 |
| Aiken County | SC | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 54.4 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 54.6 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | VT | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rockland County | NY | 55.9 | Category 1 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 56.1 | Category 3 |
| Charles City County | VA | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dutchess County | NY | 56.9 | Category 1 |
| Dale County | AL | 58.1 | Category 2 |
| New Kent County | VA | 58.3 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 58.6 | Category 1 |
| Passaic County | NJ | 59.2 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | FL | 59.3 | Category 3 |
| Windsor County | VT | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 59.6 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 59.6 | Category 1 |
| Prince George County | VA | 60.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 61.1 | Category 1 |
| Bucks County | PA | 61.6 | Category 1 |
| Moore County | NC | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 61.9 | Category 1 |
| Emporia city | VA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 62.1 | Category 1 |
| King William County | VA | 62.4 | Category 1 |
| Caledonia County | VT | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 62.9 | Category 1 |
| Dukes County | MA | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | NJ | 63.0 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | VT | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | MD | 64.9 | Category 1 |
| Schley County | GA | 65.6 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | AL | 66.2 | Category 3 |
| Morris County | NJ | 66.4 | Category 1 |
| Kershaw County | SC | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 67.9 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 68.1 | Category 1 |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 68.4 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | AL | 68.4 | Category 3 |
| Stewart County | GA | 68.6 | Category 1 |
| Quitman County | GA | 68.8 | Category 1 |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 69.1 | Category 1 |
| Bennington County | VT | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 69.6 | Category 1 |
| New Castle County | DE | 69.7 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 70.2 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | NY | 71.2 | Category 1 |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 71.5 | Category 1 |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 71.7 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | NC | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | PA | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | NY | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 72.8 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | GA | 73.0 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 73.6 | Category 1 |
| Glascock County | GA | 73.7 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | PA | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Hopewell city | VA | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 74.6 | Category 1 |
| Bibb County | GA | 75.2 | Category 1 |
| Calvert County | MD | 75.5 | Category 1 |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | MD | 76.2 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 76.4 | Category 3 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 77.4 | Category 1 |
| Rutland County | VT | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans County | VT | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 78.4 | Category 1 |
| Ulster County | NY | 78.5 | Category 1 |
| McDuffie County | GA | 78.5 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | GA | 78.8 | Category 1 |
| Taylor County | GA | 79.3 | Category 1 |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 79.8 | Category 1 |
| Vance County | NC | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cecil County | MD | 81.2 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | VT | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 81.5 | Category 1 |
| Edgefield County | SC | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 81.7 | Category 1 |
| Rensselaer County | NY | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 83.1 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 83.4 | Category 1 |
| Sussex County | NJ | 84.1 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | GA | 84.2 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | SC | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 85.5 | Category 3 |
| Chester County | PA | 85.7 | Category 1 |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 85.7 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 86.1 | Category 3 |
| Durham County | NC | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 87.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 88.1 | Category 2 |
| Saluda County | SC | 88.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 89.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | NY | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NJ | 90.5 | Category 1 |
| Nottoway County | VA | 90.6 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 93.5 | Category 3 |
| Greene County | NY | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | VA | 93.7 | Category 1 |
| Lamoille County | VT | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charles County | MD | 93.9 | Category 1 |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 94.0 | Category 1 |
| Nantucket County | MA | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 94.9 | Category 1 |
| Addison County | VT | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George's County | MD | 95.3 | Category 1 |
| Talbot County | GA | 96.2 | Category 1 |
| Upson County | GA | 96.3 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | NC | 96.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 96.7 | Category 1 |
| Mobile County | AL | 97.0 | Category 3 |
| Harford County | MD | 97.2 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | GA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 97.4 | Category 3 |
| Putnam County | GA | 97.4 | Category 1 |
| Sullivan County | NY | 98.1 | Category 1 |
| Stanly County | NC | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | PA | 98.3 | Category 1 |
| Bullock County | AL | 99.2 | Category 2 |
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.