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NHC AL051872 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1872

October 22, 1872 – October 28, 1872

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1872 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,268 US cities, 1 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1872 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1872 (AL051872) from October 22, 1872 to October 28, 1872; 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 23 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Pinellas Park, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,268 US cities, in 15 states and territories, most in New Jersey (455) and Massachusetts (331). The strongest pass was 74 mph (Category 1) 67 miles from Pawleys Island, SC; the centre came closest to Seminole, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,268
At hurricane strength
1

when closest

States
15
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Cities Unnamed 1872 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (10)

North Carolina (171)

and 111 more

Florida (192)

and 132 more

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

Massachusetts (331)

and 271 more

New York (323)

and 263 more

Pennsylvania (195)

and 135 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Maryland (169)

and 109 more

Virginia (111)

and 51 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (37)

New Hampshire (37)

District of Columbia (1)

Maine (1)

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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.