NHC AL041897 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1897
September 25, 1897 – September 29, 1897
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1897 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1897 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1897 (AL041897) from September 25, 1897 to September 29, 1897; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 70 miles from Holmes Beach, FL.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 3
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
46 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1897 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (3)
- Holmes BeachTropical storm · 70 mi
- Longboat KeyTropical storm · 72 mi
- St Pete BeachTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1897 season
- Unnamed (AL021897)Category 1 · 287 cities
- Unnamed (AL031897)Tropical storm · 1,662 cities
- Unnamed (AL051897)Category 1 · 26 cities
- Unnamed (AL061897)Tropical storm · 49 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.