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NHC AL011912 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1912

June 7, 1912 – June 17, 1912

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1912 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,111 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1912 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1912 (AL011912) from June 7, 1912 to June 17, 1912; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 13 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 12 miles from Franklin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,111 US cities, in 6 states, most in North Carolina (285) and Georgia (235). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 62 miles from Gueydan, LA; the centre came closest to Wadley, AL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,111
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6

Cities Unnamed 1912 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (133)

and 73 more

Mississippi (101)

and 41 more

Alabama (172)

and 112 more

North Carolina (285)

and 225 more

Georgia (235)

and 175 more

South Carolina (185)

and 125 more

Other storms of the 1912 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.