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NHC AL061879 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1879

October 9, 1879 – October 16, 1879

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1879 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 110 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
110
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (65)

and 5 more

Florida (41)

Mississippi (4)

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.