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NHC AL031897 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1897

September 20, 1897 – September 25, 1897

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1897 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,662 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1897 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1897 (AL031897) from September 20, 1897 to September 25, 1897; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 4 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 21 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 10 miles from Bokeelia, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,662 US cities, in 15 states, most in Massachusetts (325) and New Jersey (307). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 16 miles from St James City, FL; the centre came closest to Milford, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,662
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
15
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Cities Unnamed 1897 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (211)

and 151 more

North Carolina (66)

and 6 more

Delaware (11)

Maryland (7)

Virginia (5)

South Carolina (2)

New Jersey (307)

and 247 more

New York (269)

and 209 more

Connecticut (184)

and 124 more

Pennsylvania (5)

Rhode Island (49)

Massachusetts (325)

and 265 more

New Hampshire (127)

and 67 more

Vermont (3)

Maine (91)

and 31 more

Other storms of the 1897 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.