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NHC AL011899 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1899

June 26, 1899 – June 27, 1899

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1899 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 67 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1899 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1899 (AL011899) from June 26, 1899 to June 27, 1899; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 27 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 17 miles from Danbury, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 67 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 17 miles from Freeport, TX; the centre came closest to Hitchcock, TX, 15 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

40 mph

Cities within 75 mi
67
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1899 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (67)

and 7 more

Other storms of the 1899 season

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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.