The unnamed tropical storm of 1863
Sep 16, 1863 to Sep 19, 1863Peak 69 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1863 passed within 50 miles of 137 counties in 10 states. It was strongest near Onslow County, NC, as a tropical storm on September 18, 1863.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1863
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 137
- CT, DE, FL, MA, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 247
- CT, DC, DE, FL, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA, VT
- 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.
| Sussex County | DE | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mercer County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | NJ | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dutchess County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | NY | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkshire County | MA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Litchfield County | CT | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Passaic County | NJ | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bergen County | NJ | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hudson County | NJ | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NY | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Morris County | NJ | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | MD | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Burlington County | NJ | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ocean County | NJ | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rockland County | NY | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | NJ | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Westchester County | NY | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| New York County | NY | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | MD | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NJ | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bucks County | PA | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ulster County | NY | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NY | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bronx County | NY | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Queens County | NY | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kings County | NY | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | CT | 17.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cape May County | NJ | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | PA | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | MD | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NY | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | NY | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hampden County | MA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | VA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| New Castle County | DE | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | NJ | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | PA | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NY | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | MD | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NJ | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 31.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hampshire County | MA | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 32.7 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cecil County | MD | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Albany County | NY | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rensselaer County | NY | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 35.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | PA | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| King and Queen County | VA | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calvert County | MD | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 42.0 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | PA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | PA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | PA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 44.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charles City County | VA | 45.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lehigh County | PA | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Schoharie County | NY | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MA | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | NY | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Harford County | MD | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 52.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bennington County | VT | 52.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 53.3 | Tropical storm |
| Berks County | PA | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| Saratoga County | NY | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Schenectady County | NY | 56.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charles County | MD | 57.5 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George's County | MD | 58.2 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | VT | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore County | MD | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | PA | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carbon County | PA | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | PA | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MA | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NY | 65.3 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | CT | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 66.9 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | VA | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NY | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| York County | PA | 68.8 | Tropical storm |
| King George County | VA | 69.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore city | MD | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lackawanna County | PA | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 71.1 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Otsego County | NY | 71.5 | Tropical storm |
| Schuylkill County | PA | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cheshire County | NH | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | NY | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| District of Columbia | DC | 75.6 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Luzerne County | PA | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Howard County | MD | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax County | VA | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lebanon County | PA | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alexandria city | VA | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Arlington County | VA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MD | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Susquehanna County | PA | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stafford County | VA | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NY | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Falls Church city | VA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Broome County | NY | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Herkimer County | NY | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Prince William County | VA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MD | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rutland County | VT | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | NY | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax city | VA | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fredericksburg city | VA | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Windsor County | VT | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wyoming County | PA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | MA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NH | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dauphin County | PA | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chenango County | NY | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | PA | 99.5 | Tropical storm |
| Manassas Park city | VA | 99.9 | 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.