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NHC AL051905 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1905

October 5, 1905 – October 11, 1905

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1905 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 155 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1905 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1905 (AL051905) from October 5, 1905 to October 11, 1905; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 9 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Patterson, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 155 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (123). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 47 miles from Delcambre, LA; the centre came closest to Berwick, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
155
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1905 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (123)

and 63 more

Mississippi (32)

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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.