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NHC AL051927 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1927

September 30, 1927 – October 4, 1927

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1927 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 304 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1927 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1927 (AL051927) from September 30, 1927 to October 4, 1927; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 3 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Edisto Island, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 304 US cities, in 3 states, most in South Carolina (181) and North Carolina (108). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 5 miles from Edisto Island, SC; the centre came closest to Gadsden, SC, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
304
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1927 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (181)

and 121 more

Georgia (15)

North Carolina (108)

and 48 more

Other storms of the 1927 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.