The unnamed tropical storm of 1872
Jul 9, 1872 to Jul 13, 1872Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1872 passed within 50 miles of 33 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Harrison County, MS, as a tropical storm on July 11, 1872.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1872
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
- 33
- AL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 57
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Stone County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 0.2 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 11.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 58.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne County | MS | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 82.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 89.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 99.2 | 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.