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NHC AL111880 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1880

October 20, 1880 – October 24, 1880

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1880 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 254 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1880 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1880 (AL111880) from October 20, 1880 to October 24, 1880; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 23 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 5 miles from Nantucket, MA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 254 US cities, in 4 states, most in Massachusetts (123) and Maine (120). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 4 miles from Nantucket, MA; the centre came closest to Blue Hill, ME, 3 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
254
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1880 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (123)

and 63 more

Maine (120)

and 60 more

Rhode Island (10)

New Hampshire (1)

  • RyeTropical storm · 74 mi

Other storms of the 1880 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.