The unnamed tropical storm of 1893
Nov 5, 1893 to Nov 12, 1893Peak 69 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1893 passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in NC. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a tropical storm on November 8, 1893.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1893
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
- 2
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 13
- NC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Dare County | NC | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 55.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 96.6 | 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.