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NHC AL031897 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1897

September 20, 1897 – September 25, 1897

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.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,662
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
15

Cities Unnamed 1897 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (325)

and 265 more

New Jersey (307)

and 247 more

New York (269)

and 209 more

Florida (211)

and 151 more

Connecticut (184)

and 124 more

New Hampshire (127)

and 67 more

Maine (91)

and 31 more

North Carolina (66)

and 6 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (11)

Maryland (7)

Virginia (5)

Pennsylvania (5)

Vermont (3)

South Carolina (2)

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.