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NHC AL091863 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1863

September 29, 1863 – October 1, 1863

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1863 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 317 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1863 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1863 (AL091863) from September 29, 1863 to October 1, 1863; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 29 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Galveston, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 317 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (166) and Texas (93). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Galveston, TX.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
317
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1863 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (93)

and 33 more

Louisiana (166)

and 106 more

Mississippi (55)

Alabama (3)

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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.