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NHC AL051879 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1879

October 3, 1879 – October 7, 1879

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1879 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 173 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
173
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (95)

and 35 more

Louisiana (78)

and 18 more

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.