NHC AL021917 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1917
August 6, 1917 – August 11, 1917
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1917 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 47 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1917 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1917 (AL021917) from August 6, 1917 to August 11, 1917; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 47 US cities, in 2 states, most in Massachusetts (43). The strongest pass was 67 mph (tropical storm) 25 miles from Nantucket, MA.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 47
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
69 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1917 storm passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (43)
- NantucketTropical storm · 25 mi
- EdgartownTropical storm · 48 mi
- West TisburyTropical storm · 53 mi
- Vineyard HavenTropical storm · 54 mi
- ChilmarkTropical storm · 56 mi
- FalmouthTropical storm · 58 mi
- MattapoisettTropical storm · 70 mi
- FairhavenTropical storm · 72 mi
- South DartmouthTropical storm · 74 mi
- Dennis PortTropical storm · 41 mi
- South YarmouthTropical storm · 44 mi
- South DennisTropical storm · 44 mi
- West YarmouthTropical storm · 46 mi
- DennisTropical storm · 47 mi
- Yarmouth PortTropical storm · 47 mi
- HyannisTropical storm · 48 mi
- BarnstableTropical storm · 50 mi
- CentervilleTropical storm · 50 mi
- OstervilleTropical storm · 51 mi
- West BarnstableTropical storm · 53 mi
- CotuitTropical storm · 53 mi
- Marstons MillsTropical storm · 54 mi
- MashpeeTropical storm · 55 mi
- East FalmouthTropical storm · 57 mi
- East SandwichTropical storm · 57 mi
- ForestdaleTropical storm · 58 mi
- SandwichTropical storm · 59 mi
- North FalmouthTropical storm · 62 mi
- Sagamore BeachTropical storm · 63 mi
- PocassetTropical storm · 63 mi
- BourneTropical storm · 65 mi
- East WarehamTropical storm · 68 mi
- WarehamTropical storm · 69 mi
- MarionTropical storm · 69 mi
- PlymouthTropical storm · 71 mi
- West WarehamTropical storm · 72 mi
- ChathamTropical storm · 35 mi
- OrleansTropical storm · 39 mi
- HarwichTropical storm · 40 mi
- EasthamTropical storm · 42 mi
- BrewsterTropical storm · 42 mi
- WellfleetTropical storm · 46 mi
- ProvincetownTropical storm · 58 mi
Maine (4)
- MachiasTropical storm · 60 mi
- CalaisTropical storm · 63 mi
- BaileyvilleTropical storm · 68 mi
- Bar HarborTropical storm · 70 mi
Other storms of the 1917 season
- Unnamed (AL041917)Category 4 · 249 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.