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NHC AL041919 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1919

September 29, 1919 – October 2, 1919

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1919 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 92 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1919 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1919 (AL041919) from September 29, 1919 to October 2, 1919; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 1 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from St Simons Island, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 92 US cities, in 3 states, most in Georgia (74) and Florida (15). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from St Simons Island, GA; the centre came closest to Hortense, GA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
92
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1919 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (74)

and 14 more

Florida (15)

South Carolina (3)

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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.