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NHC AL061899 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1899

October 2, 1899 – October 8, 1899

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1899 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 251 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1899 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1899 (AL061899) from October 2, 1899 to October 8, 1899; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 5 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 1 mile from Largo, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 251 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (207). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Indian Shores, FL; the centre came closest to Astatula, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
251
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1899 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (207)

and 147 more

North Carolina (44)

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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.