NHC AL081891 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1891
October 7, 1891 – October 16, 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 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1891 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1891 (AL081891) from October 7, 1891 to October 16, 1891; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, in 2 states, most in Massachusetts (34). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 36 miles from Nantucket, MA.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 35
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
63 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1891 storm passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (34)
- NantucketTropical storm · 36 mi
- EdgartownTropical storm · 58 mi
- OstervilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- West TisburyTropical storm · 64 mi
- Vineyard HavenTropical storm · 65 mi
- CotuitTropical storm · 65 mi
- MashpeeTropical storm · 66 mi
- ChilmarkTropical storm · 66 mi
- East FalmouthTropical storm · 68 mi
- FalmouthTropical storm · 70 mi
- ForestdaleTropical storm · 70 mi
- North FalmouthTropical storm · 73 mi
- PocassetTropical storm · 75 mi
- ChathamTropical storm · 48 mi
- HarwichTropical storm · 52 mi
- Dennis PortTropical storm · 54 mi
- BrewsterTropical storm · 55 mi
- South YarmouthTropical storm · 57 mi
- South DennisTropical storm · 57 mi
- West YarmouthTropical storm · 58 mi
- DennisTropical storm · 59 mi
- Yarmouth PortTropical storm · 59 mi
- HyannisTropical storm · 60 mi
- BarnstableTropical storm · 62 mi
- CentervilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- West BarnstableTropical storm · 65 mi
- Marstons MillsTropical storm · 65 mi
- East SandwichTropical storm · 69 mi
- SandwichTropical storm · 71 mi
- Sagamore BeachTropical storm · 75 mi
- OrleansTropical storm · 52 mi
- EasthamTropical storm · 55 mi
- WellfleetTropical storm · 59 mi
- ProvincetownTropical storm · 72 mi
Florida (1)
- Marco IslandTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1891 season
- Unnamed (AL011891)Category 1 · 306 cities
- Unnamed (AL031891)Category 3 · 131 cities
- Unnamed (AL071891)Tropical storm · 108 cities
- Unnamed (AL091891)Category 1 · 8 cities
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.