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NHC AL111893 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1893

October 20, 1893 – October 23, 1893

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1893 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 650 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1893 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL111893) from October 20, 1893 to October 23, 1893; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 23 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 50 miles from Manteo, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 650 US cities, in 8 states and territories, most in Maryland (237) and Pennsylvania (210). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 47 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Cambridge, MD, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
650
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
8
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Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (29)

Maryland (237)

and 177 more

Virginia (111)

and 51 more

Delaware (34)

New Jersey (7)

Pennsylvania (210)

and 150 more

District of Columbia (1)

West Virginia (21)

Other storms of the 1893 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.