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NHC AL021890 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1890

August 18, 1890 – August 28, 1890

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1890 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 184 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1890 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1890 (AL021890) from August 18, 1890 to August 28, 1890; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 27 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 26 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 184 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (116). The strongest pass was 49 mph (tropical storm) 36 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Gray, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
184
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1890 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (116)

and 56 more

Mississippi (68)

and 8 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.