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NHC AL041895 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1895

October 2, 1895 – October 7, 1895

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1895 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1895 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1895 (AL041895) from October 2, 1895 to October 7, 1895; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 7 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Galveston, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 81 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Galveston, TX.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

40 mph

Cities within 75 mi
81
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1895 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (81)

and 21 more

Other storms of the 1895 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.