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NHC AL071866 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1866

October 29, 1866 – October 30, 1866

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1866 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,430 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1866 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1866 (AL071866) from October 29, 1866 to October 30, 1866; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,430 US cities, in 11 states, most in New York (458) and New Jersey (455). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 35 miles from Ocean City, MD; the centre came closest to Beachwood, NJ, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,430
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
11
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Cities Unnamed 1866 storm passed near, strongest first

Delaware (33)

Maryland (15)

Virginia (10)

North Carolina (6)

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

Pennsylvania (159)

and 99 more

New York (458)

and 398 more

Connecticut (129)

and 69 more

Massachusetts (55)

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

New Hampshire (35)

Other storms of the 1866 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.