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NHC AL011916 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1916

May 13, 1916 – May 18, 1916

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,383 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1916 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL011916) from May 13, 1916 to May 18, 1916; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on May 14 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 26 miles from Marathon, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,383 US cities, in 16 states, most in New Jersey (380) and Massachusetts (319). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Northbridge, MA.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,383
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
16
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Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (319)

and 259 more

New York (270)

and 210 more

Connecticut (185)

and 125 more

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (9)

New Jersey (380)

and 320 more

Maine (122)

and 62 more

Pennsylvania (49)

Delaware (33)

Maryland (48)

Virginia (87)

and 27 more

Florida (305)

and 245 more

North Carolina (223)

and 163 more

South Carolina (115)

and 55 more

Georgia (47)

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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.