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NHC AL071923 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1923

October 15, 1923 – October 19, 1923

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1923 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 663 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1923 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1923 (AL071923) from October 15, 1923 to October 19, 1923; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 19 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from West Tisbury, MA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 663 US cities, in 7 states, most in Massachusetts (303) and New Hampshire (142). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from West Tisbury, MA; the centre came closest to West Wareham, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
663
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
7
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Cities Unnamed 1923 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (303)

and 243 more

New York (1)

Rhode Island (49)

Connecticut (38)

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Maine (69)

and 9 more

Vermont (61)

and 1 more

Other storms of the 1923 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.