NHC AL121893 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1893
November 5, 1893 – November 12, 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 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 4 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1893 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1893 (AL121893) from November 5, 1893 to November 12, 1893; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 4 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 61 miles from Nags Head, NC.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 4
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
69 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1893 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (4)
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 61 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 64 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 67 mi
- Kitty HawkTropical storm · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1893 season
- Unnamed (AL011893)Category 1 · 485 cities
- Unnamed (AL031893)Category 3 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL041893)Category 3 · 1,470 cities
- Unnamed (AL061893)Category 3 · 2,980 cities
- Unnamed (AL081893)Category 2 · 283 cities
- Unnamed (AL091893)Category 3 · 1,333 cities
- Unnamed (AL101893)Category 4 · 928 cities
- Unnamed (AL111893)Tropical storm · 650 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.