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The unnamed hurricane of 1898

Aug 30, 1898 to Sep 1, 1898Peak 86 mph

The unnamed hurricane of 1898 passed within 50 miles of 88 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Colleton County, SC, as a Category 1 on August 31, 1898.

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Unnamed hurricane · 1898

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

About this replay
Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
Wind speed—
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Pressure—

The storm

Peak strength
Category 1
86 mph, 75 kt
Counties within 50 miles
88
AL, GA, SC
Counties within 100 miles
160
AL, FL, GA, SC
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 1
Colleton County, SC, 32.4 mi, Aug 31, 1898
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Beaufort CountySC0.0Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Houston CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Crawford CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Twiggs CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Emanuel CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Effingham CountyGA0.0Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Taylor CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Bulloch CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Jasper CountySC0.0Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Johnson CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Harris CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Laurens CountyGA0.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Talbot CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Peach CountyGA0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Chambers CountyAL0.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Bibb CountyGA0.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Candler CountyGA0.9Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Upson CountyGA2.6Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Lee CountyAL3.2Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Wilkinson CountyGA3.2Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Bleckley CountyGA3.2Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Chatham CountyGA3.6Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Screven CountyGA4.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Jenkins CountyGA4.7Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Treutlen CountyGA6.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Meriwether CountyGA6.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Troup CountyGA7.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Monroe CountyGA10.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Washington CountyGA10.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Muscogee CountyGA11.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Dodge CountyGA11.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Bryan CountyGA11.2Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Macon CountyGA11.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Marion CountyGA11.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Jefferson CountyGA11.9Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Hampton CountySC12.2Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Jones CountyGA13.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Burke CountyGA14.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Chattahoochee CountyGA15.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Lamar CountyGA16.1Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Pike CountyGA16.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Pulaski CountyGA16.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Evans CountyGA16.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Montgomery CountyGA17.4Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Toombs CountyGA17.4Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Tattnall CountyGA18.4Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Russell CountyAL18.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Schley CountyGA20.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Macon CountyAL20.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Wheeler CountyGA20.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Baldwin CountyGA20.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Allendale CountySC22.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Heard CountyGA23.1Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Dooly CountyGA25.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Liberty CountyGA25.6Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Coweta CountyGA29.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Telfair CountyGA30.9Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Spalding CountyGA31.1Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Hancock CountyGA31.1Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Jasper CountyGA31.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Colleton CountySC32.4Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Long CountyGA32.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Sumter CountyGA32.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Wilcox CountyGA34.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Butts CountyGA34.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Webster CountyGA35.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Stewart CountyGA36.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Glascock CountyGA36.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Putnam CountyGA36.2Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Fayette CountyGA36.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Charleston CountySC38.2Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Bullock CountyAL39.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
McIntosh CountyGA39.9Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Henry CountyGA41.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Carroll CountyGA42.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Barnwell CountySC42.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Crisp CountyGA43.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Jeff Davis CountyGA43.6Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Clayton CountyGA43.6Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Richmond CountyGA44.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Appling CountyGA44.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Barbour CountyAL44.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Warren CountyGA45.2Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Aiken CountySC47.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Bamberg CountySC47.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Newton CountyGA47.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Wayne CountyGA48.4Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
McDuffie CountyGA49.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Greene CountyGA51.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Fulton CountyGA51.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Ben Hill CountyGA51.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Columbia CountyGA52.2Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Terrell CountyGA52.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Lee CountyGA53.1Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Coffee CountyGA54.2Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Morgan CountyGA54.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Quitman CountyGA54.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Turner CountyGA54.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Douglas CountyGA55.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Haralson CountyGA56.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Randolph CountyGA56.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Dorchester CountySC56.9Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Rockdale CountyGA57.1Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Worth CountyGA57.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Glynn CountyGA57.8Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Taliaferro CountyGA58.0Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Irwin CountyGA58.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Bacon CountyGA61.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
DeKalb CountyGA63.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Orangeburg CountySC64.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Walton CountyGA64.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Edgefield CountySC65.3Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Clay CountyGA68.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
McCormick CountySC68.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Wilkes CountyGA68.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Cobb CountyGA69.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Paulding CountyGA69.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Henry CountyAL69.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Berkeley CountySC71.3Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Pierce CountyGA71.4Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Dougherty CountyGA71.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Lincoln CountyGA71.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Tift CountyGA71.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Gwinnett CountyGA72.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Oconee CountyGA73.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Brantley CountyGA73.6Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Oglethorpe CountyGA75.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Calhoun CountyGA75.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Camden CountyGA77.0Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Berrien CountyGA78.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Ware CountyGA78.1Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Atkinson CountyGA81.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Dale CountyAL81.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Barrow CountyGA84.3Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Clarke CountyGA84.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Mitchell CountyGA85.6Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Calhoun CountySC85.6Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Early CountyGA86.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Lexington CountySC86.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Coffee CountyAL86.5Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Baker CountyGA86.8Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Cook CountyGA88.0Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Bartow CountyGA89.4Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Saluda CountySC89.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Colquitt CountyGA90.2Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Nassau CountyFL90.5Category 1Aug 30, 1898
Jackson CountyGA90.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Cherokee CountyGA91.7Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Clarendon CountySC92.0Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Forsyth CountyGA92.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Elbert CountyGA93.7Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Greenwood CountySC93.9Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Madison CountyGA94.9Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Charlton CountyGA96.2Category 1Aug 31, 1898
Duval CountyFL97.4Category 1Aug 30, 1898
Hall CountyGA97.6Tropical stormSep 1, 1898
Abbeville CountySC97.7Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Lanier CountyGA97.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Clinch CountyGA97.8Tropical stormAug 31, 1898
Sumter CountySC99.5Tropical stormAug 31, 1898

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.