Question: What was the top wind speed of the third cyclone to hit land in New York City?
Context: The 1893 New York hurricane, also known as the Midnight Storm, was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that struck the New York City area in August 1893.  First identified as a tropical storm on August 15, over the central Atlantic Ocean, the hurricane moved northwestward for most of its course, ultimately peaking with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure reading of 952 mbar (hPa; 28.11 inHg).  It turned due northward as it approached the U.S. East Coast and struck western Long Island on August 24.  It moved inland and quickly deteriorated, degenerating the next day. Gerard Koeppel is an American author and historian, with a focus on New York infrastructure.  He has written three books—"Water for Gotham: A History" (Princeton University Press, 2000), "Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Nation" (Da Capo Press, 2009); and "City on a Grid: How New York Became New York" (Da Capo Press, 2015)—and contributed to numerous other books, including The Encyclopedia of New York City, of which he was an associate editor of the second edition.  "City on a Grid" was a winner of a 2015 New York City Book Award and was named one of Planetizen's top 10 urban planning books of 2015.  Koeppel has written opinion pieces for the "New York Times ", the "New York Daily News", and other print and online publications.  He writes and speaks regularly about aspects of New York history.  He is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he was deeply influenced by professors V.S. Naipaul and Phyllis Rose.  He has been a charter sailboat captain, a New York City cabdriver, and radio journalist, including a dozen years at CBS News. Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The county's population, as of the 2010 census, was 311,687, increasing by 4.8% to a 2016 Census estimate of 326,780, making it the third most densely populated county outside of New York City within New York State (after Nassau and neighboring Westchester counties, respectively).  The county seat is New City.  Although Rockland County does not directly border any New York City boroughs, it lies only 9 miles northwest of the city at their closest points, and is accessible via the New York State Thruway, after 10 exits.  The name derives from "rocky land", as the area was described by early Dutch and English settlers. The Department of City Planning (DCP) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.  The department is responsible for land use and environmental review, preparing plans and policies, and providing information to and advising the Mayor of New York City, Borough presidents, the New York City Council, Community Boards and other local government bodies on issues relating to the macro-scale development of the city.  The Department is responsible for changes in the City Map, purchase and sale of city-owned real estate and office space and of the designation of landmark and historic district status.  Its regulations are compiled in title 62 of the "New York City Rules". The Coney Island Cyclone (better known as simply the Cyclone) is a historic wooden roller coaster that opened on June 26, 1927, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City.  On June 18, 1975, Dewey and Jerome Albert – owners of Astroland Park – entered into an agreement with New York City to operate the ride.  Despite original plans by the city to scrap the ride in the early 1970s, the roller coaster was refurbished in the 1974 off-season and reopened on July 3, 1975.  Astroland Park continued to invest millions over the years in the upkeep of the Cyclone.  After Astroland closed in 2008, Carol Hill Albert, president of Cyclone Coasters, continued to operate it under a lease agreement with the city.  In 2011, Luna Park took over operation of the Cyclone.  It was declared a New York City landmark on July 12, 1988, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1991. The recorded history of Rockland County, New York begins on February 23, 1798, when the county was formed as an administrative division of the state of New York.  It is located 12 mi north-northwest of New York City, and is part of the New York Metropolitan Area.  The county seat is the hamlet of New City.  The name comes from "rocky land", an early description of the area given by settlers.  Rockland is New York's southernmost county west of the Hudson River.  It is suburban in nature, with a considerable amount of scenic designated parkland.  Rockland County does not border any of the New York City boroughs, but is only 9.5 mi north of Manhattan at the counties' (New York and Rockland) two respective closest points (Palisades, New York, in Rockland and Inwood Park in Manhattan) Hurricane Agnes was, at the time, the costliest hurricane to hit the United States in recorded history.  The second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season, Agnes developed on June 14 from the interaction of a polar front and an upper trough over the Yucatán Peninsula.  Initially forming as a tropical depression, the storm headed slowly eastward and emerged into the western Caribbean Sea on June 15.  Once in the Caribbean, the depression began to strengthen, and by the following day, it became Tropical Storm Agnes.  Thereafter, Agnes slowly curved northward and passed just west of Cuba on June 17.  Early on June 18, the storm intensified enough to be upgraded to Hurricane Agnes.  Heading northward, the hurricane eventually made landfall near Panama City, Florida late on June 19.  After moving inland, Agnes rapidly weakened and was only a tropical depression when it entered Georgia.  The weakening trend halted as the storm crossed over Georgia and into South Carolina.  While over eastern North Carolina, Agnes re-strengthened into a tropical storm on June 21, as a result of baroclinic activity.  Early the following day, the storm emerged into the Atlantic Ocean before re-curving northwestward and making landfall near New York City as a strong tropical storm.  Agnes quickly became an extratropical cyclone on June 23, and tracked to the northwest of Great Britain before becoming absorbed by another cyclone on July 6. Speed Devils is a series of video games developed by Ubisoft's Montreal studio for Microsoft Windows in 1998 and Dreamcast in 1999.  Both Speed Busters: American Highways (also known as just Speed Busters) and Speed Devils are racing games in which the courses feature hazards such as dinosaurs rolling boulders, and UFOs in exotic locales including Louisiana, Louisiana Tornado, New York City, New York City Winter, Mexico, Nevada, Aspen Summer, Aspen Winter, Canada (Supposedly northern Quebec), Canada Light Winter, Canada Heavy Winter, Montreal Industrial, Hollywood, and Hollywood Disaster.  The console version's career mode allowed a player to rise a racer through the ranks of a fictional racing league.  Colorful rivals would challenge you to accomplish certain feats during races, making accompanying bets using prize money from competition.  Money earned from gambling and performance is used to buy cars, upgrade them, and maintain them.  There are 4 classes in the game.Each class had 4 people.  Starting in Class D, they are Jack, Ms. Penny Parker, Alfanso, and Luigi.  Class C has Vanessa, Blue Bullet, James, and Tex.  Class B has Billy-Sue Bayou, Cora and Antonio Martinez, and Jake.  The top class, Class A, has Cory, Pat, Yu and Driver X.  Then you must beat Driver X, the boss of the game.  The game also supports five players on one Dreamcast console. The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane was one of four known tropical cyclones that have made landfall in New York City.  Another, even more intense hurricane in pre-Columbian times (sometime between 1278 and 1438) left evidence that was detected in southern New Jersey by paleotempestological research.  The third was the 1893 New York hurricane, and the fourth was Hurricane Irene in 2011. The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.  With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 sqmi , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.  Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.  A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media and entertainment, art, fashion, research, technology, education, politics, and sports, its fast pace defining the term "New York minute".  Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world.
Answer: 115 mph