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NHC AL051913 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1913

October 2, 1913 – October 11, 1913

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1913 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 388 US cities, 13 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1913 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1913 (AL051913) from October 2, 1913 to October 11, 1913; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 8 at 75 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Mc Clellanville, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 388 US cities, in 6 states, most in South Carolina (159) and Massachusetts (79). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 29 miles from Pawleys Island, SC; the centre came closest to Mc Clellanville, SC, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
388
At hurricane strength
13

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1913 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (159)

and 99 more

North Carolina (64)

and 4 more

Massachusetts (79)

and 19 more

Rhode Island (47)

Connecticut (31)

New York (8)

Other storms of the 1913 season

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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.