The unnamed tropical storm of 1856
Aug 19, 1856 to Aug 21, 1856Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1856 passed within 50 miles of 59 counties in 7 states. It was strongest near Currituck County, NC, as a tropical storm on August 19, 1856.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1856
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 59
- DE, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 153
- CT, DE, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Currituck County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ocean County | NJ | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | VA | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Burlington County | NJ | 33.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 34.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | MD | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | MD | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| King and Queen County | VA | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charles City County | VA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NJ | 52.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 53.6 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | MD | 55.0 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | NY | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calvert County | MD | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| New Castle County | DE | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Queens County | NY | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Kings County | NY | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mercer County | NJ | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | MD | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bucks County | PA | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NY | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | PA | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cecil County | MD | 78.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| New York County | NY | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bronx County | NY | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charles County | MD | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hudson County | NJ | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NJ | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George's County | MD | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | PA | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | VA | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | NJ | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Westchester County | NY | 84.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | CT | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | NJ | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bergen County | NJ | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | CT | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| King George County | VA | 89.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | PA | 89.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Passaic County | NJ | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harford County | MD | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rockland County | NY | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | NJ | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore County | MD | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 99.5 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.