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NHC AL011902 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1902

June 12, 1902 – June 17, 1902

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1902 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,341 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1902 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1902 (AL011902) from June 12, 1902 to June 17, 1902; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 14 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Perry, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,341 US cities, in 15 states, most in New Jersey (370) and Massachusetts (330). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 37 miles from Cross City, FL; the centre came closest to Douglas, GA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,341
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
15

Cities Unnamed 1902 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (47)

Georgia (137)

and 77 more

New Jersey (370)

and 310 more

North Carolina (247)

and 187 more

Virginia (142)

and 82 more

Maryland (76)

and 16 more

Delaware (33)

Pennsylvania (43)

New York (265)

and 205 more

Connecticut (183)

and 123 more

Massachusetts (330)

and 270 more

Rhode Island (49)

South Carolina (162)

and 102 more

Maine (151)

and 91 more

New Hampshire (106)

and 46 more

Other storms of the 1902 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.