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NHC AL021902 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1902

June 21, 1902 – June 29, 1902

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1902 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,800 US cities, 23 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1902 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1902 (AL021902) from June 21, 1902 to June 29, 1902; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 26 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 11 miles from Port Aransas, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,800 US cities, in 12 states, most in Texas (388) and Ohio (385). The strongest pass was 77 mph (Category 1) 18 miles from Port Isabel, TX; the centre came closest to Wilburton, OK, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,800
At hurricane strength
23

when closest

States
12
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Cities Unnamed 1902 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (388)

and 328 more

Ohio (385)

and 325 more

Indiana (228)

and 168 more

Missouri (202)

and 142 more

Illinois (163)

and 103 more

Pennsylvania (143)

and 83 more

Oklahoma (96)

and 36 more

New York (75)

and 15 more

Arkansas (60)

Michigan (57)

Kansas (2)

West Virginia (1)

Other storms of the 1902 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.