NHC AL021897 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1897
September 10, 1897 – September 13, 1897
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1897 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 287 US cities, 94 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1897 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1897 (AL021897) from September 10, 1897 to September 13, 1897; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 10 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Key West, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 287 US cities, in 3 states, most in Texas (219) and Louisiana (63). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 11 miles from Port Arthur, TX; the centre came closest to Dayton, TX, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 287
- At hurricane strength
- 94
- States
- 3
86 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1897 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (219)
- Port ArthurCategory 1 · 11 mi
- NederlandCategory 1 · 13 mi
- GrovesCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Port NechesCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 1 · 20 mi
- OrangeCategory 1 · 28 mi
- VidorCategory 1 · 24 mi
- NewtonCategory 1 · 74 mi
- BeaumontCategory 1 · 17 mi
- BunaCategory 1 · 44 mi
- KirbyvilleCategory 1 · 60 mi
- WinnieCategory 1 · 5 mi
- LumbertonCategory 1 · 27 mi
- SilsbeeCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Sour LakeCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 1 · 36 mi
- AnahuacCategory 1 · 19 mi
- KountzeCategory 1 · 32 mi
- GalvestonCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Texas CityCategory 1 · 44 mi
- WarrenCategory 1 · 46 mi
- La MarqueCategory 1 · 46 mi
- HitchcockCategory 1 · 48 mi
- WoodvilleCategory 1 · 57 mi
- ColmesneilCategory 1 · 67 mi
- LibertyCategory 1 · 4 mi
- BaytownCategory 1 · 19 mi
- KemahCategory 1 · 36 mi
- BacliffCategory 1 · 37 mi
- DickinsonCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Santa FeCategory 1 · 48 mi
- DaytonTropical storm · overhead
- La PorteTropical storm · 28 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 34 mi
- League CityTropical storm · 39 mi
- HighlandsTropical storm · 18 mi
- Deer ParkTropical storm · 28 mi
- WebsterTropical storm · 38 mi
- CrosbyTropical storm · 12 mi
- ChannelviewTropical storm · 22 mi
- PasadenaTropical storm · 30 mi
- FriendswoodTropical storm · 41 mi
- AlvinTropical storm · 49 mi
- DanburyTropical storm · 62 mi
- HuffmanTropical storm · 5 mi
- ClevelandTropical storm · 15 mi
- Galena ParkTropical storm · 27 mi
- South HoustonTropical storm · 32 mi
- PearlandTropical storm · 41 mi
- AngletonTropical storm · 68 mi
- ShepherdTropical storm · 26 mi
- GoodrichTropical storm · 35 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 43 mi
- ManvelTropical storm · 46 mi
- New CaneyTropical storm · 2 mi
- KingwoodTropical storm · 6 mi
- SplendoraTropical storm · 6 mi
- HumbleTropical storm · 11 mi
- FresnoTropical storm · 45 mi
- RosharonTropical storm · 52 mi
and 159 more
Louisiana (63)
- VintonCategory 1 · 35 mi
- ChauvinCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Bell CityCategory 1 · 38 mi
- MontegutCategory 1 · 41 mi
- GueydanCategory 1 · 41 mi
- SulphurCategory 1 · 41 mi
- FranklinCategory 1 · 43 mi
- PattersonCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Lake CharlesCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Lake ArthurCategory 1 · 43 mi
- KaplanCategory 1 · 43 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 1 · 44 mi
- BerwickCategory 1 · 44 mi
- ErathCategory 1 · 45 mi
- WestlakeCategory 1 · 45 mi
- GallianoCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 1 · 45 mi
- DelcambreCategory 1 · 46 mi
- HoumaCategory 1 · 48 mi
- LaroseCategory 1 · 49 mi
- IowaCategory 1 · 49 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Cut OffCategory 1 · 50 mi
- MorseCategory 1 · 51 mi
- WelshCategory 1 · 52 mi
- New IberiaCategory 1 · 53 mi
- GrayCategory 1 · 53 mi
- SchrieverCategory 1 · 54 mi
- LockportCategory 1 · 54 mi
- MauriceCategory 1 · 54 mi
- JenningsCategory 1 · 55 mi
- DequincyCategory 1 · 56 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 1 · 57 mi
- CrowleyCategory 1 · 58 mi
- RacelandCategory 1 · 58 mi
- BurasCategory 1 · 59 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 1 · 59 mi
- BroussardCategory 1 · 59 mi
- DusonCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 1 · 61 mi
- RayneCategory 1 · 61 mi
- RagleyCategory 1 · 62 mi
- LafayetteCategory 1 · 63 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Saint MartinvilleCategory 1 · 63 mi
- IotaCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Port SulphurCategory 1 · 63 mi
- LafitteCategory 1 · 64 mi
- ScottCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 1 · 67 mi
- KinderCategory 1 · 68 mi
- MerryvilleCategory 1 · 69 mi
- LongvilleCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 1 · 69 mi
- EltonCategory 1 · 70 mi
- CarencroCategory 1 · 71 mi
- BasileCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Breaux BridgeCategory 1 · 72 mi
- VacherieCategory 1 · 73 mi
and 3 more
Florida (5)
- Key WestTropical storm · 14 mi
- Summerland KeyTropical storm · 28 mi
- Big Pine KeyTropical storm · 32 mi
- MarathonTropical storm · 45 mi
- IslamoradaTropical storm · 67 mi
Other storms of the 1897 season
- Unnamed (AL031897)Tropical storm · 1,662 cities
- Unnamed (AL041897)Tropical storm · 3 cities
- Unnamed (AL051897)Category 1 · 26 cities
- Unnamed (AL061897)Tropical storm · 49 cities
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.