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Storm 3 of 1854 1854

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · September 7 to September 12, 1854

Storm 3 of 1854's 115 mph landfall in Georgia on September 8, 1854 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 15 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1854 Atlantic season matched the storm's 125 mph peak; the season had 5 storms. The storm generated 57% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1854 storm.

Track of Storm 3 of 1854 from the best-track record, coloured by strength25°N30°N35°N40°N80°W75°W70°W65°W60°W55°W50°WVirginia BeachColumbiaGeorgia, 115 mphPeak 125 mphFirst recordTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 3 of 1854 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Sep 8Sep 9Sep 10Sep 11Sep 12mph
  1. First record (hurricane) 100 miles north-northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  2. Major hurricane 100 miles north-northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  3. Peak 100 miles north-northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas; lowest pressure 938 mb
  4. Landfall Georgia
  5. Last record (hurricane) 735 miles east-southeast of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind125 mph · tied 180th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure938 mb · tied 98th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy17.6 · 297th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone5.8 days · tied 733rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1854 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 3 of 5 in 1854, hurricane 2 of 3; it formed after Storm 2 of 1854 and before Storm 4 of 1854. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Fayetteville, North Carolina3 mi50 mphSeptember 9
Virginia Beach, Virginia6 mi45 mphSeptember 10
Columbia, South Carolina8 mi65 mphSeptember 9
Goldsboro, North Carolina10 mi45 mphSeptember 10
Savannah, Georgia10 mi100 mphSeptember 8
Rocky Mount, North Carolina14 mi45 mphSeptember 10
Norfolk, Virginia15 mi45 mphSeptember 10
Orangeburg, South Carolina17 mi65 mphSeptember 9

Every storm within 50 miles of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Similar landfalls in Georgia

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Georgia came closest to this one's 115 mph:

  • Storm 6 of 1893115 mph, August 28, 1893
  • Storm 9 of 1947105 mph, October 15, 1947
  • Storm 5 of 1881105 mph, August 28, 1881
  • Storm 7 of 1898130 mph, October 2, 1898

All 15 storms with a landfall record in Georgia

Also peaked at 125 mph

Of 40 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 5 of 1855no pressure recorded, landfall in Louisiana
  • Storm 6 of 1859938 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 1 of 1860no pressure recorded, landfall in Louisiana
  • Storm 9 of 1867952 mb, no landfall record