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NHC AL021912 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1912

July 12, 1912 – July 17, 1912

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1912 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 166 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1912 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1912 (AL021912) from July 12, 1912 to July 17, 1912; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 15 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 9 miles from Darien, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 166 US cities, in 4 states, most in Georgia (118) and Florida (32). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 42 miles from Richmond Hill, GA; the centre came closest to Blackshear, GA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
166
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4

Cities Unnamed 1912 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (118)

and 58 more

South Carolina (6)

Florida (32)

Alabama (10)

Other storms of the 1912 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.