The 1893 season

Unnamed hurricane (1893)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 13, 1893 and August 26, 1893, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1893 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
August 13, 1893 to August 26, 1893
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
952 mb (28.11 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.6
Fastest the center moved
28 kt (32 mph)
Identifier
AL041893

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Aug 24, 12:00Ridgewood, NY, 1 km away40.7N 73.9W75 kt (86 mph)986 mb

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 13, 06:0011.8N 29.0WTropical storm
Aug 13, 12:0012.0N 30.0WTropical storm
Aug 13, 18:0012.2N 30.9WTropical storm
Aug 14, 00:0012.4N 31.8WTropical storm
Aug 14, 06:0012.6N 32.7WTropical storm
Aug 14, 12:0012.8N 33.6WTropical storm
Aug 14, 18:0013.0N 34.5WTropical storm
Aug 15, 00:0013.2N 35.5WTropical storm
Aug 15, 06:0014.0N 36.5W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 15, 12:0014.2N 37.7W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 15, 18:0014.4N 38.6W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 00:0014.7N 39.6W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 06:0014.9N 40.5W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 12:0015.1N 41.5W55 ktTropical storm
Aug 16, 18:0015.3N 42.6W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 17, 00:0015.6N 43.7W65 ktHurricane
Aug 17, 06:0015.9N 44.8W65 ktHurricane
Aug 17, 12:0016.1N 45.9W70 ktHurricane
Aug 17, 18:0016.3N 46.9W75 ktHurricane
Aug 18, 00:0016.5N 47.9W80 ktHurricane
Aug 18, 06:0016.8N 48.9W85 ktHurricane
Aug 18, 12:0017.2N 49.9W85 ktHurricane
Aug 18, 18:0017.6N 51.3W85 ktHurricane
Aug 19, 00:0018.0N 52.9W85 ktHurricane
Aug 19, 06:0018.5N 54.5W85 ktHurricane
Aug 19, 12:0019.1N 55.8W85 ktHurricane
Aug 19, 18:0019.7N 57.0W85 ktHurricane
Aug 20, 00:0020.3N 58.1W85 ktHurricane
Aug 20, 06:0021.0N 59.2W85 ktHurricane
Aug 20, 12:0021.6N 60.3W85 ktHurricane
Aug 20, 18:0022.2N 61.4W85 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 00:0022.7N 62.4W85 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 06:0023.3N 63.5W85 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 12:0023.9N 64.6W85 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 18:0024.4N 65.8W85 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 00:0025.2N 67.1W85 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 06:0026.1N 68.4W90 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 12:0027.1N 69.8W95 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 18:0028.4N 70.7W100 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 00:0029.8N 71.6W100 kt952 mbHurricane
Aug 23, 06:0031.4N 72.5W100 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 12:0033.1N 73.2W100 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 18:0035.0N 73.7W95 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 00:0036.8N 74.0W85 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 06:0038.6N 73.9W80 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 12:00 landfall40.7N 73.9W75 kt986 mbHurricane
Aug 24, 18:0043.0N 73.0W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 25, 00:0045.4N 71.0W55 ktExtratropical
Aug 25, 06:0047.4N 68.5W50 ktExtratropical
Aug 25, 12:0049.3N 66.0W40 ktExtratropical
Aug 25, 18:0050.6N 63.1W45 ktExtratropical
Aug 26, 00:0051.1N 59.7W40 ktExtratropical
Aug 26, 06:0051.1N 56.5W40 ktExtratropical
Aug 26, 12:0050.7N 53.8W40 ktExtratropical
Aug 26, 18:0050.0N 51.4W40 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1893

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.