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NHC AL041882 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1882

September 21, 1882 – September 24, 1882

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1882 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,288 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1882 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1882 (AL041882) from September 21, 1882 to September 24, 1882; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 22 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from Emerald Isle, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,288 US cities, in 11 states, most in New Jersey (406) and New York (270). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Emerald Isle, NC; the centre came closest to Cape Charles, VA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,288
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
11
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Cities Unnamed 1882 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (131)

and 71 more

South Carolina (1)

New Jersey (406)

and 346 more

New York (270)

and 210 more

Connecticut (182)

and 122 more

Pennsylvania (101)

and 41 more

Maryland (65)

and 5 more

Virginia (63)

and 3 more

Delaware (37)

Rhode Island (25)

Massachusetts (7)

Other storms of the 1882 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.