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NHC AL021904 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1904

September 8, 1904 – September 15, 1904

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1904 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,870 US cities, 1,369 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1904 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1904 (AL021904) from September 8, 1904 to September 15, 1904; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 14 at 81 mph (Category 1), 15 miles from Mc Clellanville, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,870 US cities, in 13 states, most in New Jersey (378) and Massachusetts (279). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 1 mile from Provincetown, MA; the centre came closest to Pleasantville, NJ, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,870
At hurricane strength
1,369

when closest

States
13

Cities Unnamed 1904 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (279)

and 219 more

New Hampshire (17)

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (162)

and 102 more

Maine (12)

New York (238)

and 178 more

South Carolina (97)

and 37 more

New Jersey (378)

and 318 more

Pennsylvania (108)

and 48 more

North Carolina (247)

and 187 more

Maryland (127)

and 67 more

Delaware (37)

Virginia (119)

and 59 more

Other storms of the 1904 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.