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NHC AL061900 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1900

October 10, 1900 – October 15, 1900

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1900 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,076 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1900 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1900 (AL061900) from October 10, 1900 to October 15, 1900; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 12 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 14 miles from Cross City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,076 US cities, in 11 states, most in New Jersey (441) and New York (257). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 40 miles from Perry, FL; the centre came closest to West Babylon, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,076
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
11
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Cities Unnamed 1900 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (94)

and 34 more

Georgia (33)

New Jersey (441)

and 381 more

New York (257)

and 197 more

North Carolina (89)

and 29 more

Pennsylvania (51)

South Carolina (37)

Delaware (24)

Connecticut (20)

Maryland (16)

Virginia (14)

Other storms of the 1900 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.