NHC AL101898 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1898
October 21, 1898 – October 23, 1898
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1898 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 7 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1898 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1898 (AL101898) from October 21, 1898 to October 23, 1898; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 7 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 45 mph (tropical storm) 50 miles from Islamorada, FL.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 7
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
46 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1898 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (7)
- IslamoradaTropical storm · 50 mi
- TavernierTropical storm · 51 mi
- MarathonTropical storm · 52 mi
- Key LargoTropical storm · 55 mi
- Big Pine KeyTropical storm · 60 mi
- Summerland KeyTropical storm · 64 mi
- Key WestTropical storm · 67 mi
Other storms of the 1898 season
- Unnamed (AL011898)Category 1 · 312 cities
- Unnamed (AL021898)Category 1 · 318 cities
- Unnamed (AL051898)Tropical storm · 140 cities
- Unnamed (AL061898)Tropical storm · 100 cities
- Unnamed (AL071898)Category 4 · 358 cities
- Unnamed (AL081898)Tropical storm · 19 cities
- Unnamed (AL091898)Tropical storm · 59 cities
- Unnamed (AL111898)Tropical storm · 85 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.