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NHC AL021888 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1888

July 4, 1888 – July 6, 1888

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1888 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 148 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1888 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1888 (AL021888) from July 4, 1888 to July 6, 1888; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 5 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Brazoria, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 148 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 38 miles from Palacios, TX; the centre came closest to Huntsville, TX, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
148
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1888 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (148)

and 88 more

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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.