Skip to content

NHC AL011872 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1872

July 9, 1872 – July 13, 1872

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
170
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1872 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (111)

and 51 more

Louisiana (32)

Alabama (27)

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.