NHC AL051897 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1897
October 9, 1897 – October 22, 1897
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1897 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 26 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1897 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1897 (AL051897) from October 9, 1897 to October 22, 1897; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 26 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (25). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 50 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Nags Head, NC, 26 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 26
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1897 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (25)
- BeaufortTropical storm · 50 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 55 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 56 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 58 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 62 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 63 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 65 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 66 mi
- BelhavenTropical storm · 66 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 68 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 69 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 70 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 74 mi
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 26 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 29 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 56 mi
- HertfordTropical storm · 74 mi
- RoperTropical storm · 74 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 32 mi
- Kitty HawkTropical storm · 37 mi
- GrandyTropical storm · 48 mi
- CurrituckTropical storm · 59 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 66 mi
- Elizabeth CityTropical storm · 68 mi
- MoyockTropical storm · 69 mi
Virginia (1)
- ChincoteagueTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1897 season
- Unnamed (AL021897)Category 1 · 287 cities
- Unnamed (AL031897)Tropical storm · 1,662 cities
- Unnamed (AL041897)Tropical storm · 3 cities
- Unnamed (AL061897)Tropical storm · 49 cities
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.