NHC AL011871 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1871
June 1, 1871 – June 5, 1871
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1871 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 267 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1871 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1871 (AL011871) from June 1, 1871 to June 5, 1871; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 4 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 17 miles from Danbury, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 267 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (261). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 17 miles from Freeport, TX; the centre came closest to Fresno, TX, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 267
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
58 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1871 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (261)
- FreeportTropical storm · 17 mi
- GalvestonTropical storm · 20 mi
- CluteTropical storm · 17 mi
- Crystal BeachTropical storm · 34 mi
- HitchcockTropical storm · 14 mi
- La MarqueTropical storm · 17 mi
- Lake JacksonTropical storm · 19 mi
- Texas CityTropical storm · 20 mi
- BrazoriaTropical storm · 27 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 7 mi
- Santa FeTropical storm · 11 mi
- AngletonTropical storm · 14 mi
- AnahuacTropical storm · 45 mi
- WinnieTropical storm · 63 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 6 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 17 mi
- DickinsonTropical storm · 19 mi
- KemahTropical storm · 21 mi
- BacliffTropical storm · 22 mi
- West ColumbiaTropical storm · 25 mi
- SweenyTropical storm · 32 mi
- Bay CityTropical storm · 47 mi
- PalaciosTropical storm · 70 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 12 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 16 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 23 mi
- Van VleckTropical storm · 41 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 3 mi
- RosharonTropical storm · 4 mi
- PearlandTropical storm · 8 mi
- La PorteTropical storm · 26 mi
- BaytownTropical storm · 35 mi
- FresnoTropical storm · overhead
- South HoustonTropical storm · 16 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 19 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 23 mi
- BolingTropical storm · 34 mi
- Missouri CityTropical storm · 2 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 19 mi
- NeedvilleTropical storm · 23 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 27 mi
- HighlandsTropical storm · 31 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 55 mi
- StaffordTropical storm · 2 mi
- Sugar LandTropical storm · 6 mi
- BellaireTropical storm · 7 mi
- CrosbyTropical storm · 34 mi
- WhartonTropical storm · 40 mi
- DaytonTropical storm · 48 mi
- El CampoTropical storm · 53 mi
- GanadoTropical storm · 71 mi
- AndersonTropical storm · overhead
- FairfieldTropical storm · overhead
- HockleyTropical storm · 2 mi
- North ZulchTropical storm · 2 mi
- IolaTropical storm · 2 mi
- CypressTropical storm · 3 mi
- BuffaloTropical storm · 4 mi
- NormangeeTropical storm · 4 mi
- WallerTropical storm · 4 mi
and 201 more
Florida (6)
- Key WestTropical storm · 32 mi
- Summerland KeyTropical storm · 39 mi
- Big Pine KeyTropical storm · 40 mi
- MarathonTropical storm · 44 mi
- IslamoradaTropical storm · 61 mi
- TavernierTropical storm · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1871 season
- Unnamed (AL021871)Tropical storm · 166 cities
- Unnamed (AL031871)Category 3 · 460 cities
- Unnamed (AL041871)Category 3 · 474 cities
- Unnamed (AL061871)Category 1 · 146 cities
- Unnamed (AL071871)Category 1 · 297 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.