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NHC AL031905 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1905

September 24, 1905 – September 30, 1905

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1905 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 276 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1905 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1905 (AL031905) from September 24, 1905 to September 30, 1905; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 29 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 28 miles from Gueydan, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 276 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (141) and Mississippi (73). The strongest pass was 47 mph (tropical storm) 71 miles from Vinton, LA; the centre came closest to Carencro, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
276
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1905 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (141)

and 81 more

Mississippi (73)

and 13 more

Arkansas (62)

and 2 more

Other storms of the 1905 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.