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Storm 6 of 1893 1893

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · August 15 to August 30, 1893

Storm 6 of 1893's 115 mph landfall in Georgia on August 28, 1893 ranks tied for the second-strongest of the 15 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 120 mph, the storm ranked tied for the second-strongest of the 12 storms of the 1893 season. The storm produced 17% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy.

Track of Storm 6 of 1893 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WAllentownGeorgia, 115 mphPeak 120 mphFirst recordNot tropicalTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 6 of 1893 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Aug 16Aug 18Aug 20Aug 22Aug 24Aug 26Aug 28Aug 30Sep 1mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) far out at sea, at 18.1°N, 20.2°W
  2. Hurricane far out at sea, at 16.5°N, 35.4°W
  3. Major hurricane 380 miles north-northeast of Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  4. Peak 360 miles north-northeast of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis; lowest pressure 954 mb
  5. Landfall Georgia
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 210 miles northwest of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  7. Last record 875 miles east-northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind120 mph · tied 221st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure954 mb · tied 208th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy39.8 · 42nd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone15.2 days · tied 34th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1893 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 6 of 12 in 1893, hurricane 6 of 10; it formed after Storm 5 of 1893 and before Storm 7 of 1893. 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
Allentown, Pennsylvania0 mi65 mphAugust 29
Charlottesville, Virginia2 mi65 mphAugust 29
Lynchburg, Virginia4 mi70 mphAugust 29
Savannah, Georgia4 mi105 mphAugust 28
Lancaster, Pennsylvania4 mi65 mphAugust 29
Pittsfield, Massachusetts5 mi65 mphAugust 29
Poughkeepsie, New York6 mi65 mphAugust 29
Salisbury, North Carolina7 mi75 mphAugust 28

Every storm within 50 miles of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Similar landfalls in Georgia

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

  • Storm 3 of 1854115 mph, September 8, 1854
  • 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 120 mph

Of 57 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 4 of 1894985 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 5 of 1894no pressure recorded, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 3 of 1890no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Storm 6 of 1887no pressure recorded, no landfall record