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NHC AL081909 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1909

August 28, 1909 – August 31, 1909

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1909 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 127 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1909 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1909 (AL081909) from August 28, 1909 to August 31, 1909; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 29 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Boca Raton, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 127 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Boca Raton, FL.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
127
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1909 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (127)

and 67 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.