The unnamed tropical storm of 1892
Sep 8, 1892 to Sep 17, 1892Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1892 passed within 50 miles of 118 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Vermilion Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on September 12, 1892.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1892
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
- 118
- AL, GA, KY, LA, MS, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 209
- AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, TN
- 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.
| Choctaw County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | TN | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | TN | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cannon County | TN | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | TN | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | TN | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | AL | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | TN | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Overton County | TN | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bedford County | TN | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | AL | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | AL | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| White County | TN | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | TN | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Limestone County | AL | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Grundy County | TN | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | TN | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | TN | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Van Buren County | TN | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | TN | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Trousdale County | TN | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sequatchie County | TN | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Allen County | KY | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | TN | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Giles County | TN | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | TN | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| Etowah County | AL | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | AL | 29.5 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bledsoe County | TN | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumner County | TN | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Williamson County | TN | 37.1 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | TN | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dade County | GA | 40.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AL | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | TN | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Maury County | TN | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | TN | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | TN | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Talladega County | AL | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Colbert County | AL | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | KY | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rhea County | TN | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AL | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | AL | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | GA | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chattooga County | GA | 55.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Robertson County | TN | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Catoosa County | GA | 56.8 | Tropical storm |
| Meigs County | TN | 57.2 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Roane County | TN | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lewis County | TN | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cheatham County | TN | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Logan County | KY | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bradley County | TN | 64.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | TN | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Floyd County | GA | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | MS | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hickman County | TN | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | TN | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| McMinn County | TN | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 68.8 | Tropical storm |
| Whitfield County | GA | 68.9 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AL | 69.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dickson County | TN | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Loudon County | TN | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | GA | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | TN | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gordon County | GA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TN | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TN | 79.3 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Murray County | GA | 79.9 | Tropical storm |
| Knox County | TN | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Todd County | KY | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AL | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Haralson County | GA | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | TN | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TN | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | MS | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bartow County | GA | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Humphreys County | TN | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 88.6 | Tropical storm |
| Fannin County | GA | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Blount County | TN | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | GA | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gilmer County | GA | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TN | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Christian County | KY | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | TN | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Alcorn County | MS | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Paulding County | GA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 98.4 | 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.