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NHC AL081923 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1923

October 16, 1923 – October 21, 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 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 886 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1923 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1923 (AL081923) from October 16, 1923 to October 21, 1923; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 18 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 10 miles from Biloxi, MS. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 886 US cities, in 10 states, most in Michigan (381) and Mississippi (190). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 10 miles from Long Beach, MS; the centre came closest to Bay City, MI, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
886
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10
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Cities Unnamed 1923 storm passed near, strongest first

Mississippi (190)

and 130 more

Alabama (44)

Louisiana (30)

Tennessee (74)

and 14 more

Arkansas (14)

Michigan (381)

and 321 more

Indiana (129)

and 69 more

Ohio (16)

Missouri (6)

Kentucky (2)

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.