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NHC AL061879 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1879

October 9, 1879 – October 16, 1879

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

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.

The 1879 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1879 (AL061879) from October 9, 1879 to October 16, 1879; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 16 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Fort Walton Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 110 US cities, in 3 states, most in Alabama (65) and Florida (41). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
110
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1879 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (41)

Alabama (65)

and 5 more

Mississippi (4)

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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.