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NHC AL061863 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1863

September 16, 1863 – September 19, 1863

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1863 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,748 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1863 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1863 (AL061863) from September 16, 1863 to September 19, 1863; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 18 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 7 miles from Swansboro, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,748 US cities, in 13 states, most in New Jersey (455) and New York (394). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 8 miles from Hubert, NC; the centre came closest to Cranford, NJ, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,748
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
13
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Cities Unnamed 1863 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (131)

and 71 more

Florida (75)

and 15 more

South Carolina (6)

Maryland (128)

and 68 more

Virginia (66)

and 6 more

Delaware (37)

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

Pennsylvania (236)

and 176 more

New York (394)

and 334 more

Connecticut (152)

and 92 more

Massachusetts (61)

and 1 more

Vermont (6)

New Hampshire (1)

Other storms of the 1863 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.