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NHC AL061851 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1851

October 16, 1851 – October 19, 1851

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1851 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 626 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1851 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1851 (AL061851) from October 16, 1851 to October 19, 1851; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 19 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 14 miles from Montauk, NY. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 626 US cities, in 6 states, most in Massachusetts (324) and Connecticut (144). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 13 miles from Montauk, NY; the centre came closest to Charlestown, RI, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
626
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1851 storm passed near, strongest first

Connecticut (144)

and 84 more

New York (58)

Massachusetts (324)

and 264 more

Rhode Island (49)

New Hampshire (50)

Vermont (1)

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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.