NHC AL041873 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1873
September 22, 1873 – September 24, 1873
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1873 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 209 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1873 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1873 (AL041873) from September 22, 1873 to September 24, 1873; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 23 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Seminole, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 209 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Odessa, FL; the centre came closest to Grand Island, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 209
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
58 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1873 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (209)
- OdessaTropical storm · 2 mi
- Safety HarborTropical storm · 2 mi
- SeminoleTropical storm · 2 mi
- OldsmarTropical storm · 2 mi
- LargoTropical storm · 2 mi
- Pinellas ParkTropical storm · 3 mi
- ClearwaterTropical storm · 3 mi
- St Pete BeachTropical storm · 5 mi
- Indian ShoresTropical storm · 6 mi
- South PasadenaTropical storm · 6 mi
- Palm HarborTropical storm · 7 mi
- DunedinTropical storm · 7 mi
- St PetersburgTropical storm · 7 mi
- Tarpon SpringsTropical storm · 7 mi
- TrinityTropical storm · 8 mi
- TampaTropical storm · 9 mi
- HolidayTropical storm · 11 mi
- New Port RicheyTropical storm · 11 mi
- Holmes BeachTropical storm · 16 mi
- GibsontonTropical storm · 21 mi
- Apollo BeachTropical storm · 21 mi
- BrandonTropical storm · 22 mi
- PalmettoTropical storm · 22 mi
- RuskinTropical storm · 22 mi
- Longboat KeyTropical storm · 23 mi
- BradentonTropical storm · 25 mi
- ValricoTropical storm · 25 mi
- EllentonTropical storm · 26 mi
- Sun City CenterTropical storm · 26 mi
- WimaumaTropical storm · 29 mi
- ParrishTropical storm · 29 mi
- University ParkTropical storm · 32 mi
- SarasotaTropical storm · 34 mi
- Lakewood RanchTropical storm · 34 mi
- LithiaTropical storm · 35 mi
- OspreyTropical storm · 40 mi
- NokomisTropical storm · 43 mi
- Myakka CityTropical storm · 44 mi
- VeniceTropical storm · 48 mi
- Bowling GreenTropical storm · 52 mi
- EnglewoodTropical storm · 56 mi
- North PortTropical storm · 59 mi
- WauchulaTropical storm · 61 mi
- Rotonda WestTropical storm · 62 mi
- PlacidaTropical storm · 63 mi
- Port CharlotteTropical storm · 65 mi
- Zolfo SpringsTropical storm · 68 mi
- ArcadiaTropical storm · 70 mi
- Punta GordaTropical storm · 74 mi
- Land O LakesTropical storm · 2 mi
- LutzTropical storm · 5 mi
- Temple TerraceTropical storm · 12 mi
- Port RicheyTropical storm · 14 mi
- ThonotosassaTropical storm · 14 mi
- HudsonTropical storm · 15 mi
- RiverviewTropical storm · 17 mi
- SeffnerTropical storm · 19 mi
- DoverTropical storm · 22 mi
- Plant CityTropical storm · 24 mi
- MulberryTropical storm · 38 mi
and 149 more
Other storms of the 1873 season
- Unnamed (AL011873)Tropical storm · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL031873)Category 1 · 288 cities
- Unnamed (AL051873)Category 3 · 122 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.