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NHC AL071891 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1891

October 4, 1891 – October 10, 1891

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1891 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1891 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1891 (AL071891) from October 4, 1891 to October 10, 1891; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 7 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 36 miles from Big Pine Key, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 108 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 12 miles from Big Pine Key, FL; the centre came closest to Stuart, FL, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
108
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1891 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (108)

and 48 more

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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.