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Storm 9 of 1893 1893

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · September 25 to October 14, 1893

Storm 9 of 1893 produced 63.5 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the fourth-most of any Atlantic storm since 1851. The storm held major-hurricane strength (Category 3 or higher) for 276 hours, the longest spell among Atlantic hurricanes. The storm came ashore in South Carolina as a Category 3 hurricane on October 13, 1893, with 120 mph winds.

Track of Storm 9 of 1893 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°W20°WRaleighState CollegeSouth Carolina, 120 mphPeak 120 mphFirst recordNot tropicalTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 9 of 1893 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) far out at sea, at 11.6°N, 25.0°W
  2. Hurricane far out at sea, at 11.7°N, 33.6°W
  3. Major hurricane 680 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  4. Peak, 120 mph 650 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados; lowest pressure 955 mb
  5. Landfall South Carolina
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 35 miles east-southeast of Pembroke, Québec, Canada
  7. Last record 545 miles north of Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind120 mph · tied 221st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure955 mb · tied 214th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy63.5 · 4th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone19.0 days · 15th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1893 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 9 of 12 in 1893, hurricane 9 of 10; it formed after Storm 8 of 1893 and before Storm 10 of 1893. This storm ranks joint second by peak wind in the season. 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
State College, Pennsylvania1 mi70 mphOctober 14
Winchester, Virginia7 mi75 mphOctober 14
Raleigh, North Carolina9 mi85 mphOctober 13
Lumberton, North Carolina13 mi100 mphOctober 13
Hagerstown, Maryland14 mi75 mphOctober 14
Charlottesville, Virginia16 mi80 mphOctober 13
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina16 mi110 mphOctober 13
Fayetteville, North Carolina16 mi90 mphOctober 13

Every storm within 50 miles of Raleigh, North Carolina

Similar landfalls in South Carolina

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

  • Gracie (1959)130 mph, September 29, 1959
  • Hazel (1954)130 mph, October 15, 1954
  • Storm 4 of 1916110 mph, July 14, 1916
  • Storm 9 of 1899110 mph, October 31, 1899

All 39 storms with a landfall record in South Carolina

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