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NHC AL061898 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1898

September 20, 1898 – September 28, 1898

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1898 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 100 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1898 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1898 (AL061898) from September 20, 1898 to September 28, 1898; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 28 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from Crystal Beach, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 100 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (95). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 8 miles from Galveston, TX; the centre came closest to Crystal Beach, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
100
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (95)

and 35 more

Louisiana (5)

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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.