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The unnamed tropical storm of 1893

Oct 20, 1893 to Oct 23, 1893Peak 58 mph

The unnamed tropical storm of 1893 passed within 50 miles of 79 counties in 7 states. It was strongest near Hyde County, NC, as a tropical storm on October 23, 1893.

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Unnamed storm · 1893

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

About this replay
Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
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The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
58 mph, 50 kt
Counties within 50 miles
79
DC, DE, MD, NC, PA, VA, WV
Counties within 100 miles
172
DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA, WV
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Hyde County, NC, 9.8 mi, Oct 23, 1893
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Dorchester CountyMD0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Somerset CountyMD0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Howard CountyMD0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Anne Arundel CountyMD0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Franklin CountyPA0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Frederick CountyMD0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Fulton CountyPA0.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Dare CountyNC1.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Worcester CountyMD1.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Talbot CountyMD2.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Wicomico CountyMD2.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Montgomery CountyMD3.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Accomack CountyVA4.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Prince George's CountyMD4.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Huntingdon CountyPA8.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Washington CountyMD8.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Carroll CountyMD8.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Baltimore CountyMD9.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Hyde CountyNC9.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Adams CountyPA10.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Bedford CountyPA10.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Calvert CountyMD11.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Sussex CountyDE11.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Queen Anne's CountyMD12.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Berkeley CountyWV13.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Caroline CountyMD13.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Baltimore cityMD13.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
District of ColumbiaDC15.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Northampton CountyVA15.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Cumberland CountyPA17.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Jefferson CountyWV17.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Loudoun CountyVA18.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Fairfax CountyVA19.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Kent CountyMD20.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Arlington CountyVA20.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Morgan CountyWV21.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Carteret CountyNC21.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Blair CountyPA22.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Charles CountyMD23.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
York CountyPA23.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Juniata CountyPA24.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Perry CountyPA24.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Falls Church cityVA24.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
St. Mary's CountyMD24.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Alexandria cityVA24.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Mifflin CountyPA26.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Allegany CountyMD26.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Fairfax cityVA28.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Harford CountyMD29.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Kent CountyDE30.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Currituck CountyNC30.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Tyrrell CountyNC34.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Clarke CountyVA36.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Northumberland CountyVA37.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Virginia Beach cityVA37.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Prince William CountyVA38.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Frederick CountyVA38.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Cambria CountyPA38.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Somerset CountyPA38.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Manassas Park cityVA39.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Camden CountyNC39.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Manassas cityVA40.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Westmoreland CountyVA40.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Fauquier CountyVA40.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Hampshire CountyWV41.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Cecil CountyMD43.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Lancaster CountyVA43.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
King George CountyVA43.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Middlesex CountyVA45.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Winchester cityVA45.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Mathews CountyVA45.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Pasquotank CountyNC46.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Mineral CountyWV47.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Stafford CountyVA47.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Centre CountyPA47.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Chesapeake cityVA48.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Richmond CountyVA48.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Norfolk cityVA48.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Pamlico CountyNC49.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Warren CountyVA50.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
New Castle CountyDE50.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Hampton cityVA52.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Craven CountyNC52.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Lancaster CountyPA52.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Poquoson cityVA52.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Garrett CountyMD52.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Gloucester CountyVA53.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Perquimans CountyNC53.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Clearfield CountyPA53.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Dauphin CountyPA53.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Beaufort CountyNC54.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Essex CountyVA55.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
York CountyVA55.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Washington CountyNC55.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Portsmouth cityVA56.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Chester CountyPA56.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Shenandoah CountyVA57.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Westmoreland CountyPA58.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Indiana CountyPA58.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Caroline CountyVA58.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Snyder CountyPA59.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Newport News cityVA60.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Rappahannock CountyVA60.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Suffolk cityVA61.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Culpeper CountyVA62.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Cape May CountyNJ62.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Spotsylvania CountyVA63.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Fredericksburg cityVA63.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Lebanon CountyPA63.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
King and Queen CountyVA63.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Hardy CountyWV63.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Chowan CountyNC64.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Union CountyPA65.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Isle of Wight CountyVA65.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
James City CountyVA66.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Cumberland CountyNJ66.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Salem CountyNJ66.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Fayette CountyPA68.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Williamsburg cityVA70.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Jones CountyNC70.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Onslow CountyNC70.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Northumberland CountyPA70.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
New Kent CountyVA70.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Orange CountyVA70.8Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Surry CountyVA70.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
King William CountyVA71.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Page CountyVA71.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Clinton CountyPA71.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Gates CountyNC72.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Grant CountyWV74.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Bertie CountyNC75.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Jefferson CountyPA75.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Martin CountyNC77.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Charles City CountyVA79.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Madison CountyVA80.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Preston CountyWV80.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Schuylkill CountyPA81.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Delaware CountyPA82.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Berks CountyPA83.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Hertford CountyNC83.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Hanover CountyVA83.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Armstrong CountyPA83.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Southampton CountyVA84.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Cameron CountyPA84.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Atlantic CountyNJ84.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Gloucester CountyNJ85.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Pender CountyNC85.5Tropical stormOct 22, 1893
Lycoming CountyPA85.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Elk CountyPA85.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Louisa CountyVA86.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Prince George CountyVA86.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Pitt CountyNC87.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Tucker CountyWV88.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Sussex CountyVA89.0Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Brunswick CountyNC91.0Tropical stormOct 22, 1893
Montour CountyPA91.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Franklin cityVA91.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
New Hanover CountyNC92.0Tropical stormOct 22, 1893
Greene CountyVA92.3Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Rockingham CountyVA93.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Henrico CountyVA93.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Allegheny CountyPA94.6Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Monongalia CountyWV95.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Columbia CountyPA96.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Philadelphia CountyPA96.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Clarion CountyPA96.7Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Washington CountyPA97.5Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Montgomery CountyPA98.1Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Richmond cityVA98.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Camden CountyNJ98.2Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Chesterfield CountyVA98.9Tropical stormOct 23, 1893
Lenoir CountyNC99.4Tropical stormOct 23, 1893

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.