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NHC AL021908 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1908

May 24, 1908 – May 31, 1908

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1908 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,096 US cities, 36 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1908 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1908 (AL021908) from May 24, 1908 to May 31, 1908; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on May 29 at 75 mph (Category 1), 50 miles from Manteo, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,096 US cities, in 9 states, most in Massachusetts (326) and Connecticut (181). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 36 miles from Nags Head, NC; the centre came closest to Natick, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,096
At hurricane strength
36

when closest

States
9
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Cities Unnamed 1908 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (38)

New Jersey (38)

New York (177)

and 117 more

Connecticut (181)

and 121 more

Massachusetts (326)

and 266 more

Maine (157)

and 97 more

New Hampshire (128)

and 68 more

Rhode Island (49)

Vermont (2)

Other storms of the 1908 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.