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NHC AL041908 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1908

July 29, 1908 – August 3, 1908

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1908 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 126 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1908 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1908 (AL041908) from July 29, 1908 to August 3, 1908; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 31 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 29 miles from Franklin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 126 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (107). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 29 miles from Franklin, LA; the centre came closest to Gueydan, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
126
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1908 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (107)

and 47 more

Texas (19)

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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.