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Storm 6 of 1869 1869

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · September 7 to September 9, 1869

No storm in the record came ashore in Rhode Island with stronger winds than Storm 6 of 1869's 115 mph landfall on September 8, 1869; 8 storms have a landfall record there. The storm's 115 mph landfall in New York on September 8, 1869 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 19 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1869 Atlantic season matched the storm's 115 mph peak; the season had 10 storms.

Track of Storm 6 of 1869 from the best-track record, coloured by strength30°N40°N90°W80°W70°W60°WBostonNew York, 115 mphRhode Island, 115 mphPeak 115 mphFirst recordTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 6 of 1869 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Sep 8Sep 9mph
  1. First record (hurricane) 220 miles northeast of Nassau, the Bahamas
  2. Major hurricane 305 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina
  3. Peak 305 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina; lowest pressure 950 mb
  4. Landfall New York
  5. Landfall Rhode Island
  6. Last record (tropical storm) 40 miles southwest of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind115 mph · tied 281st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure950 mb · tied 175th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy8.1 · 615th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone2.2 days · tied 1602nd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1869 season

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Storm 6 of 10 in 1869, hurricane 5 of 7; it formed after Storm 5 of 1869 and before Storm 7 of 1869. This storm produced 16% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. 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
Providence, Rhode Island5 mi110 mphSeptember 8
Lowell, Massachusetts7 mi100 mphSeptember 8
Lewiston, Maine11 mi80 mphSeptember 9
Boston, Massachusetts11 mi100 mphSeptember 8
Salem, Massachusetts16 mi100 mphSeptember 8
Newport, Rhode Island17 mi115 mphSeptember 8
New London, Connecticut18 mi115 mphSeptember 8
Portland, Maine20 mi85 mphSeptember 9

Every storm within 50 miles of Boston, Massachusetts

Similar landfalls in New York

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

All 19 storms with a landfall record in New York

Also peaked at 115 mph

Of 64 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 6 of 1870959 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 3 of 1871952 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 4 of 1871962 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 2 of 1873962 mb, no landfall record