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Storm 3 of 1899 1899

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 3 to September 3, 1899

No storm in the record came ashore in North Carolina with stronger winds than Storm 3 of 1899's 120 mph landfall on August 18, 1899; 69 storms have a landfall record there. The storm produced 73.6 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the most of any Atlantic storm since 1851. The storm held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 270 hours, the second-longest spell among Atlantic hurricanes.

Track of Storm 3 of 1899 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WMayagüezPointe-à-PitreNorth Carolina, 120 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordNot tropicalTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 3 of 1899 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Aug 4Aug 8Aug 12Aug 16Aug 20Aug 24Aug 28Sep 1mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) far out at sea, at 11.7°N, 31.0°W
  2. Hurricane 730 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  3. Major hurricane 235 miles northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  4. Peak 35 miles west-northwest of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France; lowest pressure 930 mb
  5. Landfall North Carolina
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) far out at sea, at 39.0°N, 25.5°W
  7. Last record far out at sea, at 49.0°N, 15.5°W

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 57th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure930 mb · tied 60th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy73.6 · 1st of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone31.8 days · 1st of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

The storm lasted 31.75 days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone, the longest lifespan of the 1,988 Atlantic storms.

The storm's best track runs 8,638 miles from first to last position, the second-longest path in the Atlantic database.

No other storm of the 1899 Atlantic season matched the storm's 150 mph peak; the season had 10 storms.

In the 1899 season

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Storm 3 of 10 in 1899, hurricane 2 of 5; it formed after Storm 2 of 1899 and before Storm 4 of 1899. 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
Arecibo, Puerto Rico9 mi125 mphAugust 8
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France11 mi145 mphAugust 7
Freeport, the Bahamas13 mi120 mphAugust 13
Ponce, Puerto Rico14 mi130 mphAugust 8
Samaná, the Dominican Republic17 mi120 mphAugust 9
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico19 mi125 mphAugust 8
Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic22 mi120 mphAugust 9
Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic22 mi120 mphAugust 9

Every storm within 50 miles of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Similar landfalls in North Carolina

Storms whose strongest landfall record in North Carolina came closest to this one's 120 mph:

All 69 storms with a landfall record in North Carolina

Also peaked at 150 mph

Of 27 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 5 of 1910924 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 5 of 1886925 mb, landfall in Texas
  • Storm 4 of 1917928 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 2 of 1880931 mb, landfall in Tamaulipas