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NHC AL041892 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1892

September 8, 1892 – September 17, 1892

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1892 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,386 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1892 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1892 (AL041892) from September 8, 1892 to September 17, 1892; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 12 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 27 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,386 US cities, in 10 states, most in Ohio (341) and Alabama (238). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Clyde, MI; the centre came closest to Maineville, OH, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,386
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10
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Cities Unnamed 1892 storm passed near, strongest first

Ohio (341)

and 281 more

Michigan (229)

and 169 more

Louisiana (86)

and 26 more

Indiana (71)

and 11 more

Kentucky (181)

and 121 more

Mississippi (74)

and 14 more

Alabama (238)

and 178 more

Tennessee (148)

and 88 more

Florida (1)

Georgia (17)

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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.