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NHC AL041902 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1902

October 3, 1902 – October 13, 1902

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1902 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,216 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1902 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1902 (AL041902) from October 3, 1902 to October 13, 1902; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 10 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 11 miles from Pensacola, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,216 US cities, in 13 states and territories, most in Virginia (287) and North Carolina (246). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 11 miles from Lillian, AL; the centre came closest to Aylett, VA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,216
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
13
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Cities Unnamed 1902 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (167)

and 107 more

Mississippi (2)

Florida (31)

Georgia (225)

and 165 more

Virginia (287)

and 227 more

North Carolina (246)

and 186 more

Maryland (95)

and 35 more

South Carolina (77)

and 17 more

Tennessee (29)

Delaware (27)

New Jersey (26)

West Virginia (3)

District of Columbia (1)

Other storms of the 1902 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.