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Storm 7 of 1898 1898

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 25 to October 6, 1898

No storm in the record came ashore in Georgia with stronger winds than Storm 7 of 1898's 130 mph landfall on October 2, 1898; 15 storms have a landfall record there. No other storm of the 1898 Atlantic season matched the storm's 130 mph peak; the season had 11 storms. The storm's lowest pressure, 938 mb, was the third-lowest of the 18 Atlantic storms of the 1890s with a recorded pressure.

Track of Storm 7 of 1898 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°WFlintHuntsvilleTrois-RivièresGeorgia, 130 mphPeak 130 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 7 of 1898 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4Oct 6mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 215 miles east-northeast of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  2. Hurricane 165 miles north of Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
  3. Major hurricane 195 miles northeast of Freeport, the Bahamas
  4. Peak 140 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida
  5. Landfall Georgia
  6. Last record (tropical depression) 245 miles east-southeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind130 mph · tied 146th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure938 mb · tied 98th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy24.5 · 169th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone11.8 days · tied 147th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1898 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 7 of 11 in 1898, hurricane 5 of 5; it formed after Storm 6 of 1898 and before Storm 8 of 1898. This storm produced 22% 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
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada2 mi30 mphOctober 5
Flint, Michigan3 mi30 mphOctober 5
Columbia, Tennessee4 mi35 mphOctober 4
Terre Haute, Indiana4 mi35 mphOctober 4
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada5 mi30 mphOctober 5
Huntsville, Alabama6 mi35 mphOctober 3
Hopkinsville, Kentucky9 mi35 mphOctober 4
Joliette, Québec, Canada9 mi30 mphOctober 5

Every storm within 50 miles of Flint, Michigan

Similar landfalls in Georgia

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Georgia came closest to this one's 130 mph:

  • Storm 6 of 1893115 mph, August 28, 1893
  • Storm 3 of 1854115 mph, September 8, 1854
  • Storm 9 of 1947105 mph, October 15, 1947
  • Storm 5 of 1881105 mph, August 28, 1881

All 15 storms with a landfall record in Georgia

Also peaked at 130 mph

Of 33 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 6 of 1894931 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 10 of 1893948 mb, landfall in Louisiana
  • Storm 4 of 1906950 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 6 of 1916932 mb, landfall in Texas