NHC AL051908 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1908
August 30, 1908 – September 2, 1908
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1908 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 67 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1908 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1908 (AL051908) from August 30, 1908 to September 2, 1908; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 1 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 12 miles from Beaufort, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 67 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 8 miles from Beaufort, NC.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 67
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
52 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1908 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (67)
- BeaufortTropical storm · 8 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 12 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 13 mi
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 16 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 19 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 20 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 20 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 23 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 24 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 24 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 25 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 27 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 29 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 30 mi
- Kitty HawkTropical storm · 30 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 34 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 35 mi
- BelhavenTropical storm · 38 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 39 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 40 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 40 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 41 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 41 mi
- GrandyTropical storm · 42 mi
- Sneads FerryTropical storm · 42 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 44 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 47 mi
- Holly RidgeTropical storm · 49 mi
- PinetownTropical storm · 50 mi
- VanceboroTropical storm · 52 mi
- RoperTropical storm · 54 mi
- HampsteadTropical storm · 54 mi
- ChocowinityTropical storm · 55 mi
- CurrituckTropical storm · 55 mi
- Cove CityTropical storm · 56 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 57 mi
- TrentonTropical storm · 57 mi
- Maple HillTropical storm · 57 mi
- PlymouthTropical storm · 58 mi
- RichlandsTropical storm · 58 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 59 mi
- Elizabeth CityTropical storm · 59 mi
- HertfordTropical storm · 60 mi
- Wrightsville BeachTropical storm · 60 mi
- JamesvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- GrimeslandTropical storm · 63 mi
- Carolina BeachTropical storm · 65 mi
- MoyockTropical storm · 65 mi
- Kure BeachTropical storm · 65 mi
- WilmingtonTropical storm · 65 mi
- EdentonTropical storm · 65 mi
- GriftonTropical storm · 67 mi
- Rocky PointTropical storm · 67 mi
- Castle HayneTropical storm · 67 mi
- BeulavilleTropical storm · 70 mi
- South MillsTropical storm · 70 mi
- Pink HillTropical storm · 70 mi
- AydenTropical storm · 70 mi
- BurgawTropical storm · 71 mi
- WilliamstonTropical storm · 71 mi
and 7 more
Other storms of the 1908 season
- Unnamed (AL021908)Category 1 · 1,096 cities
- Unnamed (AL031908)Category 1 · 104 cities
- Unnamed (AL041908)Tropical storm · 126 cities
- Unnamed (AL061908)Category 3 · 50 cities
- Unnamed (AL101908)Tropical storm · 96 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.