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NHC AL031856 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1856

August 19, 1856 – August 21, 1856

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1856 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 550 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1856 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1856 (AL031856) from August 19, 1856 to August 21, 1856; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 19 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 14 miles from Beaufort, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 550 US cities, in 9 states, most in New Jersey (160) and New York (142). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Moyock, NC.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
550
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
9
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Cities Unnamed 1856 storm passed near, strongest first

New Jersey (160)

and 100 more

New York (142)

and 82 more

North Carolina (75)

and 15 more

Virginia (56)

Maryland (35)

Massachusetts (33)

Delaware (29)

Rhode Island (13)

Connecticut (7)

Other storms of the 1856 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.