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NHC AL041904 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1904

October 12, 1904 – October 21, 1904

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1904 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 119 US cities, 14 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1904 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1904 (AL041904) from October 12, 1904 to October 21, 1904; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 17 at 81 mph (Category 1), 13 miles from Key Largo, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 119 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 13 miles from Key Largo, FL; the centre came closest to North Fort Myers, FL, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
119
At hurricane strength
14

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1904 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (119)

and 59 more

Other storms of the 1904 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.