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NHC AL011872 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1872

July 9, 1872 – July 13, 1872

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1872 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 170 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1872 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1872 (AL011872) from July 9, 1872 to July 13, 1872; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 11 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 30 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 170 US cities, in 3 states, most in Mississippi (111) and Louisiana (32). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 4 miles from Biloxi, MS; the centre came closest to Raleigh, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
170
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1872 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (111)

and 51 more

Louisiana (32)

Alabama (27)

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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.